A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975

• Main Authors: Richardson, Philip L., Cheney, Robert E., Worthington, L. Valentine
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1979
• Subjects: Ocean circulation; Gulf Stream; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10394

Also published as: Journal of Geophysical Research 83 (1978): 6136-6144 During 1975 several shipboard expendable bathythermograph surveys plus satellite infrared imagery provided a nearly synoptic view of the distribution and number of Gulf Stream rings in the western North Atlantic. Twelve rings were identified; nine were cyclonic (cold core) rings and three were anticyclonic (warm core) rings. This is the largest number of rings ever observed during a short period of time (4 months). Evidence suggests that the mean movement of these rings was southwestward. Prepared for the Office of Naval Research under Contract N00014-74-C-0262; NR 083-004 and for the National Science Foundation under Grant OCE 75-08765.