Western boundary currents

Nelson G. Hogg
Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

William E. Johns
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

• Introduction
• Upper Layer Western Boundary Regime
• The North Atlantic
• Mean circulation
• Interannual variability
• Seasonal cycles
• Subannual variability
• The South Atlantic
• The Pacific
• The Indian Ocean
• Lower Layer Western Boundary Current Regime
• The Atlantic Ocean
• Water mass components in the North Atlantic DWBC
• Deep recirculation
• The Pacific and Indian Oceans
• Summary and Outlook

U.S. National Report to IUGG, 1991-1994
Rev. Geophys. Vol. 33 Suppl., © 1995 American Geophysical Union

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