A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975
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 we...
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/10394 2023-05-15T17:31:27+02:00 A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975 Richardson, Philip L. Cheney, Robert E. Worthington, L. Valentine 1979-02 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10394 en_US eng Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI Technical Reports WHOI-79-23 Richardson, P. L., Cheney, R. E., & Worthington, L. V. (1979). A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10394 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10394 doi:10.1575/1912/10394 Richardson, P. L., Cheney, R. E., & Worthington, L. V. (1979). A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10394 doi:10.1575/1912/10394 Ocean circulation Gulf Stream Technical Report 1979 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10394 2022-05-28T23:00:25Z 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. Report North Atlantic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Woods Hole, MA |
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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. |
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Richardson, Philip L. Cheney, Robert E. Worthington, L. Valentine |
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A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975 |
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A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975 |
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A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975 |
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A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975 |
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A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975 |
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census of gulf stream rings, spring 1975 |
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
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1979 |
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Richardson, P. L., Cheney, R. E., & Worthington, L. V. (1979). A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10394 doi:10.1575/1912/10394 |
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WHOI Technical Reports WHOI-79-23 Richardson, P. L., Cheney, R. E., & Worthington, L. V. (1979). A census of Gulf Stream rings, spring 1975. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10394 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10394 doi:10.1575/1912/10394 |
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