On the connection between the Mediterranean outflow and the Azores Current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 461-480

  Ozgokmen T M ^a   Chassignet, E P ^a   Rooth, C G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

FLUX DIVERGENCE EFFECTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT; ENTRAINMENT; MEDITERRANEAN WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES CURRENT;

EID: 0035245712     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<0461:OTCBTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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