Control and Stabilization of the Gulf Stream by Oceanic Current Interaction with the Atmosphere

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Renault, Lionel, Molemaker, M. Jeroen, Gula, Jonathan, Masson, Sébastien, Mcwilliams, James C.
• Other Authors: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Los Angeles (AOS), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Atmosphere-ocean interaction; Boundary currents; Mesoscale processes; Ocean circulation; Ocean dynamics; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01498553; https://hal.science/hal-01498553/document; https://hal.science/hal-01498553/file/1520-0485-jpo-d-16-0115.1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-16-0115.1

International audience The Gulf Stream (GS) is known to have a strong influence on climate, for example, by transporting heat from the tropics to higher latitudes. Although the GS transport intensity presents a clear interannual variability, satellite observations reveal its mean path is stable. Num...