The intrusion of Gulf Stream water across the continental shelf due to topographically-induced upwelling

1981 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.O. Blanton ◽  
L.P. Atkinson ◽  
L.J. Pietrafesa ◽  
T.N. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Stream Water

scholarly journals A Shelf Water Cascading Event near Cape Hatteras

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Han ◽  
Harvey Seim ◽  
John Bane ◽  
Robert E. Todd ◽  
Mike Muglia
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Stream Water ◽  
Subsurface Layer ◽  
Open Ocean ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
Shelf Water ◽  
Carbon Export ◽  
Middle Atlantic ◽  
Cape Hatteras

AbstractCarbon-rich Middle Atlantic Bight (MAB) and South Atlantic Bight (SAB) shelf waters typically converge on the continental shelf near Cape Hatteras. Both are often exported to the adjacent open ocean in this region. During a survey of the region in mid-January 2018, there was no sign of shelf water export at the surface. Instead, a subsurface layer of shelf water with high chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen was observed at the edge of the Gulf Stream east of Cape Hatteras. Strong cooling over the MAB and SAB shelves in early January led to shelf waters being denser than offshore surface waters. Driven by the density gradient, the denser shelf waters cascaded beneath the Gulf Stream and were subsequently entrained into the Gulf Stream, as they were advected northeastward. Underwater glider observations 80 km downstream of the export location captured 0.44 Sv of shelf waters transported along the edge of the Gulf Stream in January 2018. In total, as much as 7×106 kg of carbon was exported from the continental shelf to a greater depth in the open ocean during this 5-day-long cascading event. Earlier observations of near-bottom temperature and salinity at a depth of 230 m captured several multiday episodes of shelf water at a location that was otherwise dominated by Gulf Stream water, indicating that the January 2018 cascading event was not unique. Cascading is an important, yet little-studied pathway of carbon export and sequestration at Cape Hatteras.

Large-scale penetration of Gulf Stream water onto the Continental Shelf north of Cape Hatteras

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Gawarkiewicz ◽  
Thomas M. Church ◽  
George W. Luther ◽  
Timothy G. Ferdelman ◽  
Michael Caruso
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Stream Water ◽  
Cape Hatteras

Frontogenesis with ageostrophic vertical shears and horizontal density gradients: Gulf Stream meanders onto the continental shelf

1996 ◽  
Vol 101 (C8) ◽  
pp. 18079-18104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard P. Mied ◽  
Colin Y. Shen ◽  
Thomas E. Evans ◽  
Gloria J. Lindemann
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Density Gradients

scholarly journals Gulf Stream frontal eddy influence on productivity of the southeast U.S. continental shelf

1991 ◽  
Vol 96 (C12) ◽  
pp. 22191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas N. Lee ◽  
James A. Yoder ◽  
Larry P. Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream

scholarly journals Gulf Stream and wind-induced current variability on the Georgia continental shelf, winter 1978

1985 ◽  
Vol 90 (C2) ◽  
pp. 3199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Mark Wimbush ◽  
D. Randolph Watts ◽  
Alex J. Brincko ◽  
Thomas N. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Induced Current

scholarly journals Gulf Stream Ring Water Intrusion on the Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf Break Affects Microbially Driven Carbon Cycling

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne Hoarfrost ◽  
John Paul Balmonte ◽  
Sherif Ghobrial ◽  
Kai Ziervogel ◽  
John Bane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Carbon Cycling ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Shelf Break ◽  
Water Intrusion ◽  
Continental Shelf Break

Flushing of the continental shelf south of Cape Hatteras by the Gulf Stream

1978 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 495-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackson O. Blanton ◽  
Leonard J. Pietrafesa
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Cape Hatteras

Response of South Carolina continental shelf waters to wind and Gulf Stream forcing during winter of 1986

1989 ◽  
Vol 94 (C8) ◽  
pp. 10715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas N. Lee ◽  
Elizabeth Williams ◽  
John Wang ◽  
Robert Evans ◽  
Larry Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Gulf Stream
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