Lagrangian flow patterns north of Cape Hatteras using near-surface drifters

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 181-195

  Gawarkiewicz, Glen ^a   Linder, Christopher A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Hatteras; Continental slope; Drifter; Fronts; Gulf stream; Shelfbreak front

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CAPE HATTERAS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DRIFTER; FRONTS; GULF STREAM; SHELFBREAK FRONT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DRIFTER; ENTRAINMENT; FLOW PATTERN; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SHELF BREAK; SHELF BREAK FRONT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; GULF STREAM; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748053942     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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