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Rapid evolution of a Gulf Stream warm-core ringSatellite images are used to show that major alterations in the structure of Gulf Stream warm-core rings can occur during very short periods of two to five days when an interaction with the Gulf Stream is particularly intense. The role of these interactions in the evolution of a ring are discussed.
Document ID
19840051377
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Joyce, T.
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Backus, R.
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Cowles, T.
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA, United States)
Baker, K.
(California, University La Jolla, CA, United States)
Blackwelder, P.
(Nova University Dania, FL, United States)
Brown, O.
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Evans, R.
(California Univ. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Olson, D.
(Miami, University Miami, FL, United States)
Fryxell, G.
(Texas A & M University College Station, TX, United States)
Mountain, D.
(NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 26, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 308
ISSN: 0028-0836
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
84A34164
Distribution Limits
Public
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