Wall across the Atlantic: Drift bottles released by students confirm that the Gulf Stream prevents subarctic surface drifters from escaping South

Oceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 172-174

  Ebbesmeyer, Curtis C ^a   Belkin, Igor M ^b   Drost, Helen E ^c   Zimmermann, Sarah ^d   Carmack, Edd C ^e  

^a Beachcomber's Alert   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 79951876698     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2011.15     Document Type: Article

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