On the movements of deep mesoscale eddies in the North Atlantic

Authors

Doron Nof, Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography and the Cooperative Institute for Marine Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600, Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida, 33149, U.S.A.

Abstract

A simplified three layer model is considered in order to examine the movements of deep mesoscale eddies such as the isolated Mediterranean eddies observed off the Bahamas. These anticyclonic eddies are found in the permanent thermocline more than 6000 km away from their parent water mass and are characterized by a lens-like cross section....

Recommended Citation

Nof, Doron. 1982. "On the movements of deep mesoscale eddies in the North Atlantic." Journal of Marine Research 40, (1). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1574