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The origin and continuation of a western boundary current

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The origin of a western boundary current as a jet is accounted for by a transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy, and poleward changes along the western boundary are directly correlated to variation in Coriolis parameter.

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  1. T. Robert Kendall

    Present address: International Center for Environmental Research, 141 Emerald Bay, 92651, Laguna Beach, California, USA

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Kendall, T.R. The origin and continuation of a western boundary current. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 40, 155–162 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02302496

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