References

This web-poster is based on the article:

Watts, D. R., X. Qian and K. L. Tracey, 2001: On mapping abyssal current and pressure fields under the meandering Gulf Stream. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., In press.

Articles mentioned in this web-poster:

Bretherton, F. P., R. E. Davis, and C. B. Fandry, 1976: A technique for objective analysis and design of oceanographic experiments applied to MODE-73. Deep-Sea Res., 23, 559--582.

Luyten, J. R., 1977: Scales of motion in the deep Gulf Stream and across the Continental Rise. J. Mar. Res., 35, 49--74.

Munk, W. H., and D. E. Cartwright, 1966: Tidal spectroscopy and Prediction. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London A., 259, 533--581.

Pedlosky, J., 1987: Geophysical fluid dynamics. Springer-Verlag, 710 pp.

Qian, X., and D. R. Watts, 1992: The SYNOP Experiment: Bottom Pressure Maps for the Central Array for May 1988 to August 1989. G. S. O. Technical Report, No. 90-2, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, R.I., 187 pp. [Available from Pell Marine Science Library, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882.]

Savidge, D. K., and J. M. Bane, 1999a: Cyclogenesis in the deep ocean beneath the Gulf Stream: 1. Description. J. Geophy. Res., 104, 18,111---18,126.

Watts, D. R., and H. Kontoyiannis, 1990: Deep-Ocean bottom pressure measurement: drift removal and performance. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 7, 296-306.

Watts, D. R., K. T. Tracey, and A. I. Friedlander. 1989: Producing accurate maps of the Gulf Stream thermal front using objective analysis. J. of Geophy. Res., 94, 8040--8052.

Suggested readings:

Watts, D. R., J. M. Bane, Jr., K. L. Tracey and T. J. Shay, 1995: Gulf Stream path and thermocline structure near 74o W and 68oW. J. Geophy. Res., 100, 18,291--18,312.

Shay, T. J., J. M. Bane, Jr., D. R. Watts and K. L. Tracey, 1995: Gulf Stream flow field and events at 68o W. J. Geophy. Res., 100, 22,565--22,589.

Lindstrom, S. S., and D. R. Watts, 1994: Vertical motion in the Gulf Stream near 68oW. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 2321-2333.

Lindstrom, S. S., X. Qian and D. R. Watts, 1997: Vertical motion in the Gulf Stream and its relation to meanders. J. Geophy. Res., 102, 8485--8503.

Howden, S. D. and D. R. Watts, 1999: Jet streaks in the Gulf Stream. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1910--1924.

Savidge, D. K., and J. M. Bane, 1999b: Cyclogenesis in the deep ocean beneath the Gulf Stream: 2. Dynamics. J. Geophy. Res., 104, 18,127--18,140.

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ABSTRACT

DATA SOURCES

LEVELING AND MAPPING

MEAN FIELDS

DEEP CYCLONES

DEEP ANTICYCLONES

WARM CORE RINGS

TOPOGRAPHIC ROSSBY WAVES

SUMMARY

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