JEBAR, bottom pressure torque, and Gulf Stream separation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 671-683

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Fanning, Augustus F ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; GULF STREAM SEPARATION; JEBAR;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0029750444     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0671:JBPTAG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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