THE EDDY RADIATION-FIELD OF THE GULF-STREAM AS MEASURED BY OCEAN ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY

Authors
CHESTER D MALANOTTERIZZOLI P LYNCH J WUNSCH C
Citation
D. Chester et al., THE EDDY RADIATION-FIELD OF THE GULF-STREAM AS MEASURED BY OCEAN ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY, Geophysical research letters, 21(3), 1994, pp. 181-184
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
181 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1994)21:3<181:TEROTG>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The Gulf Stream System is one of the most important components of the North Atlantic Circulation. Reciprocal acoustic transmissions have bee n analyzed to determine the structure and variability of temperature, current velocity, and relative vorticity in a region just south of the Gulf Stream. Observational evidence is presented that the Gulf Stream is the source of the energetic eddy variability found in the Atlantic interior. Through highly nonlinear processes, eddy activity (energy) radiates away from the Stream southward via Rossby wave packets.