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The Relationship between Variations in the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and Straits of Florida Volume Transport
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Twelve years of monthly mean positions of the northern boundary of the Loop Current in the eastern Gulf of Mexico from satellite and in situ data have been compared with coincident 1977?1988 estimates of volume transport ...
Cyclonic Eddies in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Cold-domed cyclonic eddies juxtaposed to the cyclonic shear side of the Gulf Loop Current are observed in simultaneously obtained hydrographic, current meter mooring, and satellite infrared data. The cyclones are initially ...
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 ...
Precipitation and the Lunar Synodic Cycle: Phase Progression across the United States
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The question of whether there is significant variation in precipitation in the United States at the lunar synodic period (29.531 days) has been examined, based on daily precipitation data for the period 1900?80. Our results ...