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  • Working Paper
    A bibliography of physical, chemical, and biological studies of rings in the world's oceans
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1983) Olson, Donald B. ; Wiebe, Peter H.
    This bibliography marks the end of several years of sporadic attempts to put together a set of references on rings. The scope of the effort encompasses the chemistry, biology, and physics of the long-lived, coherent features which are commonly referred to as rings after Fuglister (1972). There is a vast literature on the mesoscale eddy field in different parts of the world. The present set of references includes a subset of this body of work. The basic criterion used in the compilation of this bibliography is fairly narrow compared to the range of eddies found in the world's oceans. The emphasis here is on the highly nonlinear features formed due to the instability processes in boundary currents and in the planetary scale jet which surrounds the Antarctic. The nomenclature "ring", refers to the strong encircling current which forms a kinematic trap in which the core of the ring is embedded.
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    Interdisciplinary study of Gulf Stream warm core ring physics, chemistry, and biology : report of the Warm Core Rings Data Workshop, July 6-19, 1983, Whispering Pines Conference Center, W. Alton Jones Campus, University of Rhode Island, West Greenwich, Rhode Island
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1983-09) Wiebe, Peter H.
    The warm-core rings program held an intensive 2-week data processing and analysis workshop during the period 6 to 19 July 1983 at the Alton Jones Campus Conference Center of the University of Rhode Is land. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together all of the program's principle investigators, their graduate students and technical associates, and scientific collaborators in order to jointly discuss and analyze the multifaceted data sets collected on the five multi-ship cruises to Gulf Stream warm-core rings (see Warm-Core Rings Executive Committee, 1982 and Joyce and Wiebe, 1983 in Section V of this report for overviews of the field program). The workshop was structured to permit individuals and working groups maximum flexibility in organizing their work schedules (see section two, overall workshop organization plan). Lectures of 30 to 60 minutes were held in the morning and afternoon to permit investigators to summarize their findings and to foster the exchange of data and ideas about the structure, dynamics and evolution of warm-core rings. Morning lectures focused on the surface and seasonal thermocline waters of the ring core; afternoon lectures focused on the thermostad and deeper ring water masses as well as flow fields generated by interactions with the Gulf Stream and continental shelf and Slope Water. A list of lecturers and lecture titles is given in section two.
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    Interdisciplinary study of warm core ring physics, chemistry, and biology
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1981-03) Kester, Dana R. ; Flierl, Glenn R. ; McCarthy, James J. ; Schink, David R. ; Wiebe, Peter H. ; Joyce, Terrence M. ; Backus, Richard H. ; Cowles, Timothy J.
    We are conducting an interdisciplinary study of the structure and dynamics of Gulf Stream \Warm Core Rings by a time series investigation of selected rings. This program consists of highly integrated components which include physical, chemical, and biological investigation and modeling studies. These components are designed to provide information on the structure of rings and exchange mechanisms at ring boundaries, on their marine chemistry, and on the environmental controls of biological activity of selected constituents associated with Warm Core Rings. This research is being conducted by approximately two dozen investigators from thirteen marine institutions. An interdisciplinary program of the scope proposed is required in order to understand the interdependence among biological, chemical, and physical processes in the ocean. This study of the structure and evolution of Warm Core Rings will enhance the understanding of fundamental oceanic processes and the role of rings in the region where they occur.
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    Satellite images of warm core ring 82-B sea surface temperature and a chronological record of major physical events affecting ring structure
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984-01) Evans, Robert H. ; Baker, Karen S. ; Brown, O. ; Smith, Raymond C. ; Hooker, Stanford B. ; Olson, Donald B. ; Warm Core Rings Program Service Office
    A chronology constructed from satellite-derived thermal imagery is presented to describe the formation and life history of warm-core ring 82-B. A comparison is made with warm-core ring 81-F in order to illustrate similarities that may be common to warm-core rings that traverse the region of the Slope Water occupied by 82-B. Particular attention is paid to discrete events identified from analysis of changes in the surface thermal field. Significant events include interactions between the ring and the Gulf Stream, warm (Gulf Stream) and cold (shelf) streamers and interaction with other vortices. The events are documented by following changes in ring size, shape, translation, and surface thermal structure. Observations determined from the infrared satellite imagery are supported by hydrography, acoustic velocity profiling and drifter trajectories.
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    Warm core rings : an interdisciplinary study of warm core ring physics, chemistry, and biology; R/V Endeavor, R/V Atlantis II September/October 1981 cruise reports
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1981) Joyce, Terrence M. ; Wiebe, Peter H.
    At 1300 hours on 12 September 1981 (day 255} the research vessel ENDEAVOR departed Woods Hole for a 22 day cruise to study the physical, chemical, and biological structure of warm core ring 81-D. The cruise was the first of 5 ENDEAVOR cruises planned as part of the NSF/NASA-sponsored Warm Core Ring study. The ATLANTIS II also took part in the field study.
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    Warm core rings : an interdisciplinary study of warm core ring physics, chemistry, and biology; R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr, R/V Oceanus August 1982 cruise reports
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1982) Schmitt, Raymond W. ; McCarthy, James J. ; Wiebe, Peter H.
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    Warm core rings : an interdisciplinary study of warm core ring physics, chemistry, and biology; R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr, R/V Oceanus June 1982 cruise reports
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1982) Joyce, Terrence M. ; McCarthy, James J. ; Wiebe, Peter H.
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