Internal variability of the north atlantic wind-driven ocean circulation

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 463-503

  Dijkstra, H A ^a   Schmeits, M J ^a   Katsman, C A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems theory; Gulf Stream; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033308716     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006746526195     Document Type: Article

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