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Geostrophic Departure, Local Turning, Speed Change, and Eddy Flux: A New Perspective
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Conjunctions of meander passages and cross-stream eddy momentum fluxes are common in western boundary currents. To explore the mechanism linking them, we offer a diagnostic equation of their time-dependent motions. The ...
The Half-Inertial Flow in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: A Case Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: We address the problem of the oscillatory periods of two observed phenomena in the instability zone in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The first case concerns two high-speed anticyclonic flow with periods of approximately ...
Nowcasting Cross-Stream Profiles of Ocean Surface Current in the Straits of Florida
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Cross-stream profiles of ocean surface currents between Florida and the Bahamas are highly correlated with the cross-stream-averaged current. When the cross-stream averaged speed is high, the speed axis of the Florida ...
Gulf Stream Boundary Eddies off the East Coast of Florida
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Satellite infrared data and in situ data were used to study eddies off the east coast of Florida. The surface thermal manifestation of the eddies identified in the infrared data were alternating cold and warm tongues, ...