Will deep subtropical ring 'Storm Physalia' cross the mid Atlantic ridge and reach America?

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 553-567

  Pingree, R D ^a   Sinha, B ^a   New, A L ^b   Waddington, I ^b   Head, R N ^a   Nechvolodov, L V ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c STATE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSALIA;

CURRENT RINGS; CYCLONIC MOTION; DEEP SUBTROPICAL; WESTWARD MOVEMENT;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0029669647     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400031271     Document Type: Article

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