A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975
A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975
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1979-02
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Richardson, Philip L.
Cheney, Robert E.
Worthington, L. Valentine
Cheney, Robert E.
Worthington, L. Valentine
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10.1575/1912/10394
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Ocean circulation
Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream
Abstract
During 1975 several shipboard expendable bathythermograph surveys plus satellite infrared imagery
provided a nearly synoptic view of the distribution and number of Gulf Stream rings in the western North
Atlantic. Twelve rings were identified; nine were cyclonic (cold core) rings and three were anticyclonic
(warm core) rings. This is the largest number of rings ever observed during a short period of time (4
months). Evidence suggests that the mean movement of these rings was southwestward.
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Also published as: Journal of Geophysical Research 83 (1978): 6136-6144
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Richardson, P. L., Cheney, R. E., & Worthington, L. V. (1979). A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10394