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Title: Gulf Stream
Url: https://fermi.jhuapl.edu/student/phillips/
Creator: Phillips, Pamela
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory
Description: This in-depth website describes the Gulf Stream, its place in the North Atlantic Gyre, influence on weather and climate, and role of eddies and rings in distributing heat and salinity. A history, from the 16th to 20th centuries, describes scientists' developing understanding of the Gulf Stream and evolution of oceanographic instruments used to study it, with special details on satellite observations. Also covered: the importance of oceanography and the Gulf Stream to naval applications.
LC Classification: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Atlases -- By region or country -- Oceans (General) -- Atlantic Ocean
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Dynamics of the ocean -- Currents
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Oceanography -- Dynamics of the ocean -- Currents -- By individual current -- Gulf Stream
Science -- Physics -- Meteorology. Climatology -- Climatology and weather
GEM Subject: Science -- Oceanography
Science -- Meteorology
Science -- Earth science
Science -- Instructional issues
Science -- History
Key Concept: Oceanography -- Currents
Geography -- Oceans
Oceanography -- Climate
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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