q 2003 American Meteorological Society Wind-Driven Recirculations and Exchange in the Labrador and Irminger Seas*
It is demonstrated that recently observed cyclonic recirculation gyres in the Irminger and Labrador Seas may be forced by the strong cyclonic wind stress curl that develops each winter seaward of the east coast of Greenland. Idealized analytical and numerical models forced with such variable winds o...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.555.7640 http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/people/mspall/pdfs/SP_JPO2003.pdf |