Offshore Transport of Shelf Water by Deep-Ocean Eddies

At continental margins, energetic deep-ocean eddies can transport shelf water offshore in filaments that wrap around the eddy. One example is that of Gulf Stream warm-core rings interacting with the Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf. The rate at which shelf water is exported in these filaments is a major unk...

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Main Authors: Brink, K. H. (Author), Cherian, Deepak Abraham (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society, 2017-06-15T21:09:52Z.
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