Pathways of shelf water export from the Hatteras shelf and slope

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Churchill, James H ^a   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DEEP OCEAN; EN-ROUTE; GULF STREAM; HATTERAS; NORTH CAROLINA; SHELF WATERS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

MOORING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOORING SYSTEM; SHELF BREAK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HATTERAS; CHESAPEAKE BAY; GULF STREAM; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865455741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007995     Document Type: Article

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