SYNOP Central Array

Central Array

Red circles: Current meter moorings and PIESs (except M13 which did not have a PIES)
Yellow diamonds: IESs (no pressure, no currents)
Small box: Mapping region of pressures and currents at 3500 m
Large box: Thermocline depth mapping region
Blue line: Mean path of the Gulf Stream determined from satellite imagery by Tong Lee
Bathymetry: 500 m intervals in gray
CH: Cape Hatteras, NC
NY: New York, NY

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ABSTRACT

DATA SOURCES

LEVELING AND MAPPING

MEAN FIELDS

DEEP CYCLONES

DEEP ANTICYCLONES

WARM CORE RINGS

TOPOGRAPHIC ROSSBY WAVES

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

FORUM

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