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Petrie & Buckley 1996
Petrie, B. and Buckley, J. (1996). Volume and freshwater transport of the Labrador Current in Flemish Pass. Journal of Geophysical Research 101: doi: 10.1029/96JC02779. issn: 0148-0227.

A current meter array of 3 months duration from the Newfoundland shelf edge to the 400-m isobath gives a mean southward transport of the Labrador Current of 3.7 Sv with a freshwater component of 0.1 Sv. Over a 2-month period, the volume and the freshwater flow increased by 3 and 0.09 Sv, respectively. Mean currents exceeded the variable components by a factor of 3. This estimate of the total transport of the Labrador Current is low because the flow extends eastward of the array beyond the 400-m isobath to at least 1000 m. The total volume transport of the Labrador Current through Flemish Pass is estimated roughly to range between 6.3 and 9.8 Sv if archived current meter data are incorporated with the observations from this array. The mean freshwater transport is estimated to be 0.13¿0.03 Sv. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Oceanography, Physical, Oceanography, Physical, Currents, Oceanography, Physical, General circulation, Oceanography, Physical, Air/sea interactions
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