Oceanographic study of warm core Gulf Stream rings and the Northwest Atlantic Slope Water region : a prospectus for multidisciplinary research, report and proceedings / Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gulf Stream Anticyclonic Eddies (Warm Core Rings) held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, May 16-20, 1977
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1977-05Metadata
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Eddies; Ocean currents; Warm Core RingsAbstract
It is well recognized in the oceanography of the Western North Atlantic
that a distinct hydrographic regime exists between the continental shelf and
the Gulf Stream, once the latter has effectively separated from the coast at
Cape Hatteras. Denoted as the Slope Water, this hydrographic regime has been
considered as one of confusing complexity, presumably arising from irregular
mixing processes between it and the neighboring shelf and Gulf Stream regimes.
Although previously noted in the literature, it has recently become very
strongly evident as a result of the satellite image coverage of this region
that a dominant role in this variability can be ascribed to well organized
and persistent circulation features. These have been given the name warm
core Gulf Stream rings, in order to emphasize their complementary dynamic
origin relative to the more generally known cold core rings in the Sargasso
Sea.
A scientific workshop was held in Woods Hole under the auspices of the NSF/
IDOE to review in detail the status of our knowledge about the biology, chemistry
and physics of the shelf-Slope Water regime and the associated rings,
and the general biological, chemical and physical processes likely to be
taking place in rings. Also considered were the prospect for advancing this
knowledge through a multidisciplinary study of the warm core rings and the
region impacted by them. Out of extensive background review in papers presented
in plenary sessions, and program discussions in working groups, there
arose a consensus that such a multidisciplinary effort would be both feasible
and timely.
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Working Paper: "Oceanographic study of warm core Gulf Stream rings and the Northwest Atlantic Slope Water region : a prospectus for multidisciplinary research, report and proceedings / Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gulf Stream Anticyclonic Eddies (Warm Core Rings) held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, May 16-20, 1977", 1977-05, DOI:10.1575/1912/6879, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/6879Related items
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