Inter-gyre exchange: A process study

• Main Author: Dutkiewicz, Stephanie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1997
• Subjects: Oceanography; Curl; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI9831103

The North Atlantic Current (NAC) forms part of the boundary between the subtropical and subpolar gyres in the North Atlantic Ocean. The current has topographically controlled stationary meanders that appear to grow and decay. A region to the east of the current contains water of mixed subpolar/subtr...