Seasonal transport variation in the western subtropical North Atlantic: Experiments with an eddy resolving model

• Main Authors: Böning, Claus W., Döscher, Ralf, Budich, R. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMS (American Meteorological Society) 1991
• Subjects: Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/5560/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/5560/1/1520-0485%281991%29021_1271_stvitw_2.0.co%3B2.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1991)021<1271:STVITW>2.0.CO;2

A high-resolution model of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation in the North and equatorial Atlantic Ocean is used to study the structure and variability of the boundary current system at 26°N, including the Florida Current, the Antilles Current, and the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC)....