Observations of atmosphere-ocean coupling in midlatitude western boundary currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C3, 1996, Pages 6295-6312

  Kelly, Kathryn A ^a   Caruso, Michael J ^a   Singh, Sandipa ^a   Qiu, Bo ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; RECIRCULATION GYRES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0029750450     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JC02820     Document Type: Article

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