Western boundary currents

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-338

  Imawaki, Shiro ^a   Bower, Amy S ^b   Beal, Lisa ^c   Qiu, Bo ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agulhas Current; Brazil Current; East Australian Current; Gulf Stream; Kuroshio; Recirculation; Subtropical gyre; Thermohaline circulation; Transport; Western boundary current; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886403540     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00013-1     Document Type: Chapter

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