On gyre interactions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-164

  Rossby, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032962539     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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