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Flow structure and transport in the Yucatan Channel (373 words) |
 | Our data corroborate the principal features of the flow through the Yucatan Channel: The northerly surface Yucatan Current and its southerly Under-current off Mexico, and the southerly surface Cuban Counter-current near Cuba; but previously unobserved mean currents are found to exist at depth, especially on the eastern side of the channel. |
| A transport through the Yucatan Channel smaller than previously thought has significant implications for the dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico and its modeling, since this transport is the principal forcing of its circulation. |
| Citation: Sheinbaum, J. Candela, A. Badan, and J. Ochoa (2002), Flow structure and transport in the Yucatan Channel, Geophys. |
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