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western boundary currents  

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  • 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]

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