Gulf Stream ring coalescence with the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1978
Abstract
A cyclonic ring, which had separated from the Gulf Stream 7 months earlier and traveled 500 kilometers westward, collided with the stream in September 1977. Within 3 days the ring and stream joined to form a sharp S-shaped meander. Shipboard expendable temperature probes and four bottom-moored inverted echo sounders were used to obtain synoptic descriptions of the rejoining process.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Science
Volume
202
Issue
4371
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Watts, D. R., and Donald B. Olson. "Gulf Stream ring coalescence with the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras." Science 202, 4371 (1978). doi: 10.1126/science.202.4371.971.
