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contributor authorThompson, Rory O. R. Y.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:43:29Z
date available2017-06-09T14:43:29Z
date copyright1971/07/01
date issued1971
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-25271.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4162036
description abstractIt 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.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleWhy There is an Intense Eastward Current in the North Atlantic but not in the South Atlantic
typeJournal Paper
journal volume1
journal issue3
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1971)001<0235:WTIAIE>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage235
journal lastpage237
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1971:;Volume( 001 ):;issue: 003
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