Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic
Analysis of a recent climatological database for the North Atlantic has detailed an extensive large-scale recirculation system in the intermediate waters of the North Atlantic basin. The pressure fields that define this recirculation, coupled with the potential vorticity fields associated with the r...
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craaas:10.1126/science.277.5324.361 2024-05-12T08:07:25+00:00 Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic Lozier, M. Susan 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5324.361 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.277.5324.361 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 277, issue 5324, page 361-364 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 Multidisciplinary journal-article 1997 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5324.361 2024-04-18T06:40:49Z Analysis of a recent climatological database for the North Atlantic has detailed an extensive large-scale recirculation system in the intermediate waters of the North Atlantic basin. The pressure fields that define this recirculation, coupled with the potential vorticity fields associated with the recirculating flow, provide observational evidence for basin-scale eddy-driven flow in the global ocean. The recirculations are intimately tied to the waters carried southward by the Deep Western Boundary Current and are therefore likely to affect the distribution of climatic anomalies in the North Atlantic. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 277 5324 361 364 |
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Analysis of a recent climatological database for the North Atlantic has detailed an extensive large-scale recirculation system in the intermediate waters of the North Atlantic basin. The pressure fields that define this recirculation, coupled with the potential vorticity fields associated with the recirculating flow, provide observational evidence for basin-scale eddy-driven flow in the global ocean. The recirculations are intimately tied to the waters carried southward by the Deep Western Boundary Current and are therefore likely to affect the distribution of climatic anomalies in the North Atlantic. |
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Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic |
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Evidence for Large-Scale Eddy-Driven Gyres in the North Atlantic |
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