Decadal wind forcing of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 659-668

  Sturges, W ^a   Hong, B G ^a   Clarke, Allan J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRES; ROSSBY WAVES; SEA LEVEL; THERMOCLINE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031870458     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0659:DWFOTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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