Wall across the Atlantic Drift Bottles Released by Students Confirm that the Gulf Stream Prevents Subarctic Surface Drifters from Escaping South
We examined data on 1184 drift bottles launched by students between 2000 and 2007 from vessels of opportunity at locations scattered along the Canadian Maritimes and Greenland, supplemented with data from four bottles from historical records. The results confirm and extend observations of the geogra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2011-03-01
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Series: | Oceanography |
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Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/articles/24-1_ebbesmeyer.pdf |