On the variability of Gulf Stream transport from seasonal to decadal timescales

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 503-522

  Rossby, T ^a   Flagg, C ^b   Donohue, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; UNITED STATES;

NERIUM;

EID: 79960672770     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224010794657128     Document Type: Article

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