Exchange geometry revealed by float trajectories in the Gulf Stream

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2327-2341

  Lozier, M Susan ^a   Pratt, Lawrence J ^b   Rogerson, Audrey M ^b   Miller, P D ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001238441     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<2327:EGRBFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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