Continuous Flow of Upper Labrador Sea Water around Cape Hatteras

• Main Authors: Andres, M., Muglia, M., Bahr, F., Bane, J.
• Other Authors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: Separation Point; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/5j2z-n246; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/g158bt38s?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/g158bt38s

Six velocity sections straddling Cape Hatteras show a deep counterflow rounding the Cape wedged beneath the poleward flowing Gulf Stream and the continental slope. This counterflow is likely the upper part of the equatorward-flowing Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC). Hydrographic data suggest tha...