A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10394DOI
10.1575/1912/10394Keyword
Ocean circulation; Gulf StreamAbstract
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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Technical Report: Richardson, Philip L., Cheney, Robert E., Worthington, L. Valentine, "A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975", 1979-02, DOI:10.1575/1912/10394, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10394Related items
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