Continental slope sea level and flow variability induced by lateral movements of the Gulf Stream in the Middle Atlantic Bight

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 196-212

  Bohm E ^a   Hopkins, T S ^b   Pietrafesa, L J ^b   Churchill, J H ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf Stream; Parabathic flow; Satellite data; Sea level anomaly; Sea surface temperature; Shelf edge

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIO ALTIMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS;

GULF STREAM; PARABATHIC FLOW; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF EDGE;

SEA LEVEL;

AVHRR; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ENTRAINMENT; FLOW PATTERN; NOAA SATELLITE; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF BREAK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 33748082977     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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