Bimodal behavior of the Kuroshio and the Gulf Stream

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3435-3456

  Schmeits, Maurice J ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

BIMODAL MEANDERING BEHAVIORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CURRENT MEANDERING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035710404     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<3435:BBOTKA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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