Anomalous water mass distributions at 55W in the North Atlantic in 1977

Authors

Michael S. McCartney, Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.
L. Valentine Worthington, Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.
Mary E. Raymer, Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, U.S.A.

Abstract

A hydrographic section made in July 1977 from the research vessel KNORR revealed a large-scale meridional distortion of the normal water mass distributions at 55W in the North Atlantic. Cells of pure Labrador Sea Water were found within both the Gulf Stream and the westward recirculation of the gyre. A large cell of Mediterranean Water was found in the Slope Water, in contact with a cell of Subarctic Intermediate Water....

Recommended Citation

McCartney, Michael S., L. V. Worthington, and Mary E. Raymer. 1980. "Anomalous water mass distributions at 55W in the North Atlantic in 1977." Journal of Marine Research 38, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1503