Interannual variations in upper-ocean transport by the Gulf Stream and adjacent waters between New Jersey and Bermuda

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 203-226

  Rossby, T ^a   Flagg, C N ^b   Donohue, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; NERIUM;

EID: 21244490738     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240053693851     Document Type: Article

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