Direct interaction between the Gulf Stream and the shelfbreak south of New England

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a   Todd, Robert E ^a   Plueddemann, Albert J ^a   Andres, Magdalena ^a   Manning, James P ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER; INTERFEROMETRY; SALINITY; SEA; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER; MOIRE TOPOGRAPHY; NEW ENGLAND; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84864843024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00553     Document Type: Article

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