Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America?
A short research cruise was planned to trace the movement of a discrete body of water in the subtropical eastern North Atlantic Ocean. A subtropical ring or deep eddy called STORM was found budding off the Subtropical Front (STF) south-west of the Azores. A physical, chemical and biological survey t...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315400031271 2024-09-15T18:23:22+00:00 Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? Pingree, R.D. Sinha, B. New, A.L. Waddington, I. Head, R.N. Nechvolodov, L.V. 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400031271 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400031271 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 76, issue 3, page 553-567 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 journal-article 1996 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400031271 2024-08-28T04:03:39Z A short research cruise was planned to trace the movement of a discrete body of water in the subtropical eastern North Atlantic Ocean. A subtropical ring or deep eddy called STORM was found budding off the Subtropical Front (STF) south-west of the Azores. A physical, chemical and biological survey to depths of 3·5 km was made of this 400 km scale body of water which was spinning cyclonically (anticlockwise). The azimuthal transport or the amount of water swirling in the eddy was 45 Sv. Storm was ‘hooked’ with ten drogued Argos buoys and a further five subsurface Alace floats were deployed. Storm is moving westward at ~3 km a day and is expected to reach the Mid Atlantic Ridge in rather less than a year unless it is destroyed by typography or reabsorbed into the Azores Current. With current technology, Storm's evolution and westward progress can be observed and analysed remotely, at a distance of ~3000 km in the laboratory. Realtime position data means that future sea surveys can be planned. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76 3 553 567 |
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A short research cruise was planned to trace the movement of a discrete body of water in the subtropical eastern North Atlantic Ocean. A subtropical ring or deep eddy called STORM was found budding off the Subtropical Front (STF) south-west of the Azores. A physical, chemical and biological survey to depths of 3·5 km was made of this 400 km scale body of water which was spinning cyclonically (anticlockwise). The azimuthal transport or the amount of water swirling in the eddy was 45 Sv. Storm was ‘hooked’ with ten drogued Argos buoys and a further five subsurface Alace floats were deployed. Storm is moving westward at ~3 km a day and is expected to reach the Mid Atlantic Ridge in rather less than a year unless it is destroyed by typography or reabsorbed into the Azores Current. With current technology, Storm's evolution and westward progress can be observed and analysed remotely, at a distance of ~3000 km in the laboratory. Realtime position data means that future sea surveys can be planned. |
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Pingree, R.D. Sinha, B. New, A.L. Waddington, I. Head, R.N. Nechvolodov, L.V. Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? |
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Pingree, R.D. Sinha, B. New, A.L. Waddington, I. Head, R.N. Nechvolodov, L.V. |
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Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? |
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Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? |
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Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? |
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Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? |
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Will Deep Subtropical Ring ‘Storm Physallv’ Cross the Mid Atlantic Ridgea and Reach America? |
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will deep subtropical ring ‘storm physallv’ cross the mid atlantic ridgea and reach america? |
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