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Accession Number:
ADP002664
Title:
The Eddy Field of the Central North Atlantic,
Corporate Author:
KIEL UNIV (GERMANY F R) INST FUER MEERESKUNDE
Report Date:
1983-01-01
Abstract:
Sixty-eight satellite-tracked buoys were released in the western and central North Atlantic during 1981 and 1982. Mean velocity values and the variance about the mean were calculated for 20 selected areas. The mean velocities confirm the large-scale gyre circulation. The velocity variance decreases toward the east and south. East of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge the eddy kinetic energy reaches values of about 200 sq cms at 500 N, but only 50 sq cms at 30 N.
Supplementary Note:
This article is from 'The Role of Eddies in the General Ocean Circulation: Proceedings of 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop Held at Manoa on January 5-7, 1983,' AD-A137 212, p275-282.
Pages:
0008
File Size:
0.00MB
