oceanography
type: Concept
narrower: western boundary currents

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: western boundary currents

western boundary currents
type: Concept
definition: Western boundary currents are intense jet currents at the western periphery of large-scale oceanic gyres in the World Ocean. As was shown in the pioneer paper of Henry Stommel in 1948, they are the result of two following causes: 1. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Western Boundary Currents]
broader: oceanography