Sensitivity of the Gulf Stream path to the cyclonic wind stress curl

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-178

  Gangopadhyay, Avijit ^a   Chao, Yi ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Gulf stream; Numerical modeling; Separation dynamics; Wind stress curl

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033291612     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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