Near-surface transport pathways in the North Atlantic Ocean: Looking for throughput from the subtropical to the subpolar gyre

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 911-925

  Rypina, Irina I ^a   Pratt, Lawrence J ^a   Lozier, M Susan ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Currents; Gyres; Lagrangian circulation transport; Meridional overturning circulation; Tracers; Transport

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TROPICS; VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GYRES; LAGRANGIAN CIRCULATION/TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; TRANSPORT;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EKMAN TRANSPORT; EULER FLOW; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OVERTURN; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 79959609275     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4498.1     Document Type: Article

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