Slope water, gulf stream, and seasonal influences on southern Mid-Atlantic Bight circulation during the fall-winter transition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Rasmussen, L L ^a,b   Gawarkiewicz, G ^a   Owens, W B ^a   Lozier, M S ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 19844374602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002311     Document Type: Article

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