The North Atlantic Current and surrounding waters: At the crossroads

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-481

  Rossby, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

HIGHER LATITUDES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; RECIRCULATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TROPICAL WATERS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENTS; MEANDERS; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; RECIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030427079     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RG02214     Document Type: Article

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