Intrinsic low-frequency variability of the Gulf Stream

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-164

  Quattrocchi, G ^a   Pierini, S ^a   Dijkstra, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SHALLOW WATER; TIMESCALE; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM;

EID: 84858020132     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-19-155-2012     Document Type: Article

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