Wind influence on the mesoscale activity along the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18087-18110

  Garnier, Valérie ^a   Schopp, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE MOTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 0006066209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900070     Document Type: Article

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