On gyre interactions

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Author: Rossby, T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1999
• Subjects: Labrador Shelf; Nordic Seas; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/2285; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00095-2

The principal meeting point of the subtropical and subpolar gyres of the North Atlantic is at the Tail of the Grand Banks where the two western boundary currents, the Gulf Stream and Labrador Current, join forces as the North Atlantic Current, which flows northeast almost 10°in latitude before turni...