A Western Boundary Current in the Gulf of Mexico

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Sturges, Wilton, Blaha, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1976
• Subjects: Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.192.4237.367; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.192.4237.367

The curl of the wind stress over the Gulf of Mexico, during the winter and again in the summer, is similar to that over the central North Atlantic Ocean. An anticyclonic gyre is nearly always found in the western gulf, and we suggest that there is a typical western boundary current, similar in many...