Meridional Gulf Stream Shifts Can Influence Wintertime Variability in the North Atlantic Storm Track and Greenland Blocking

Abstract After leaving the U.S. East Coast, the northward flowing Gulf Stream (GS) becomes a zonal jet and carries along its frontal characteristics of strong flow and sea surface temperature gradients into the North Atlantic at midlatitudes. The separation location where it leaves the coast is also...

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Main Authors: Terrence M. Joyce, Young‐Oh Kwon, Hyodae Seo, Caroline C. Ummenhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-02-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081087
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