Life Cycle of a Gulf Stream Anticyclonic Eddy Observed from Several Oceanographic Platforms
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- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 4 (1) , 131-134
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1974)004<0131:lcoags>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Combined use of satellite infrared imagery, and shipboard and aircraft bathythermograms provided near-synoptic observations of the movement and subsequent recapture of a Gulf Stream anticyclonic eddy by a large meander northeast of Cape Hatteras. The eddy drifted westward for over four mouths along the continental slope at speeds of 4–5 cm sec−1 before rejoining the Gulf Stream, coalescing with a large meander northeast of Cape Hatteras. The meander was subsequently observed for an additional month after recapture translating eastward at 15 cm sec−1. Meander movement resembles that of a similar feature observed in 1970 which resulted in formation of a cyclonic Gulf Stream eddy.Keywords
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