Abstract: Maps and sections of the large-scale North Atlantic potential vorticity q are presented. Here q is fd?/dz, where f is the Coriolis frequency, ? the potential density and z the vertical coordinate. They bear on the general ...

Abstract: Hydrographic and current-profiling data from December 1980 and current-meter data obtained between September 1980 and November 1981 from the continental slope and shelf of the western equatorial Atlantic between 2° and 7°N ...