Why There is an Intense Eastward Current in the North Atlantic but not in the South AtlanticSource: Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1971:;Volume( 001 ):;issue: 003::page 235Author:Thompson, Rory O. R. Y.
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1971)001<0235:WTIAIE>2.0.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: It is suggested that baroclinic currents may he expected to he sharper where deeper water or a decreasing Coriolis parameter lies in the direction of the Coriolis force. This is the case for the Gulf Stream between Hatteras and the Grand Banks. The suggested mechanism is that, in this case, Rossby waves propagating away must carry momentum up-gradient into the mean current. In the South Atlantic, they may carry momentum down-gradient, diffusing the mean flow.
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| contributor author | Thompson, Rory O. R. Y. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:43:29Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:43:29Z | |
| date copyright | 1971/07/01 | |
| date issued | 1971 | |
| identifier issn | 0022-3670 | |
| identifier other | ams-25271.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4162036 | |
| description abstract | It is suggested that baroclinic currents may he expected to he sharper where deeper water or a decreasing Coriolis parameter lies in the direction of the Coriolis force. This is the case for the Gulf Stream between Hatteras and the Grand Banks. The suggested mechanism is that, in this case, Rossby waves propagating away must carry momentum up-gradient into the mean current. In the South Atlantic, they may carry momentum down-gradient, diffusing the mean flow. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Why There is an Intense Eastward Current in the North Atlantic but not in the South Atlantic | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 1 | |
| journal issue | 3 | |
| journal title | Journal of Physical Oceanography | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0485(1971)001<0235:WTIAIE>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 235 | |
| journal lastpage | 237 | |
| tree | Journal of Physical Oceanography:;1971:;Volume( 001 ):;issue: 003 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext |