Accession Number:

ADA048728

Title:

A Census of Rings in the Gulf Stream System.

Descriptive Note:

Technical note,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Cheney,Robert E.

Report Date:

1976-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

Ten cyclonic and three anticyclonic Gulf Stream rings were identified using 700 bathythermographs and STDs between 22 June and 9 July 1975. Two cyclonic rings were tracked for 7 and 11 months, and an anticyclonic ring was tracked for 10 months. An average of five cyclonic and anticyclonic rings form each year with lives of two and one year respectively. Author

Descriptors:

• *GULF STREAM
• OCEAN CURRENTS
• MIXING
• RINGS
• ATLANTIC OCEAN
• SALINITY
• EDDY CURRENTS
• THERMOCLINES

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE