Current broadening as a mechanism for anticyclogenesis at the Northwest Corner of the North Atlantic Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Woityra, William ^a,b   Rossby, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT LOSSES; KINETIC ENERGY; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTICYCLOGENESIS; SUBPOLAR FRONT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAND BANKS; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 43549118181     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033063     Document Type: Article

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