Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico

Sturges, Wilton ; Chassignet, Eric ; Ezer, Tal

United States. Minerals Management Service.

关键词: Gulf of Mexico;    currents;    gyres;   

RP-ID  :  2988

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is about the exploration of the possibility that the deep flow around the edges of the Gulf circulates in a cyclonic, or counter-clockwise direction. The existence of this flow was purely theoretical but this study shows that such is observed reliably.