Does the Sverdrup relation account for the Mid-Atlantic circulation?

Authors

Ants Leetmaa, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, NOAA, 15 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida, 33149, U.S.A.
Pearn Niiler, Oregon State University, School of Oceanography, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, U.S.A.
Henry Stommel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, U.S.A.

Abstract

A comparison is made between the geostrophic transport across selected latitudes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the theoretical transport as derived from the Sverdrup relationship. In the subtropical gyre these agree to within the error estimates. At 32°N and 24°N the interior geostrophic transports compare well with the measured values in the Florida Straits off Jacksonville.

Recommended Citation

Leetmaa, Ants, Pearn Niiler, and Henry Stommel. 1977. "Does the Sverdrup relation account for the Mid-Atlantic circulation?." Journal of Marine Research 35, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1381