Variability in Gulf Stream surface-subsurface frontal separation: The unimportance of Ekman advection

1988 ◽  
Vol 93 (C4) ◽  
pp. 3519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Horton ◽  
LaVerne E. Horsley
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Stream Surface ◽  
Ekman Advection

Gulf Stream surface convergence imaged by synthetic aperture radar

1994 ◽  
Vol 99 (C9) ◽  
pp. 18315 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. O. Marmorino ◽  
R. W. Jansen ◽  
G. R. Valenzuela ◽  
C. L. Trump ◽  
J. S. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Stream Surface ◽  
Aperture Radar

The Slope Water off the Scotian Shelf

1953 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. McLellan ◽  
L. Lauzier ◽  
W. B. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
Warm Water ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Scotian Shelf ◽  
Stream Surface ◽  
Northern Edge

The slope water off the Scotian Shelf forms a well-defined band between the coastal waters and the Gulf Stream. Its boundaries fluctuate widely with no apparent systematics, sometimes transgressing upon the Shelf.A survey in November 1951 indicates the presence of alternate bands of cold and warm water in the slope water and suggests that these are the direct result of instability in the northern edge of the Gulf Stream. Observed velocities support such a hypothesis. Temperature-salinity relationships indicate that the slope water is formed of waters from the surface layers of the Gulf Stream, surface coastal waters, Labrador waters and deep Atlantic waters which have upwelled under the Gulf Stream.

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