Does the potential vorticity distribution constrain the spreading of floats in the North Atlantic?

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 721-732

  O'Dwyer, Jane ^a   Williams, Richard G ^b   Lacasce, Joseph H ^c   Speer, Kevin G ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034078571     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0721:DTPVDC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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