Dynamics of the direct intrusion of Gulf Stream ring water onto the Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7687-7695

  Zhang, Weifeng G ^a   Gawarkiewicz, Glen G ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

cross shelf exchange; Mid Atlantic Bight; onshore intrusion; OOI Pioneer Array; vorticity dynamics; warm core ring

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; VORTICITY;

CROSS-SHELF EXCHANGE; MID-ATLANTIC BIGHTS; ONSHORE INTRUSION; OOI PIONEER ARRAY; VORTICITY DYNAMICS; WARM CORE RINGS;

RIVERS;

ARRAY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELF BREAK; TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 84945207987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065530     Document Type: Article

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