Abstract
An hypothesis is offered to explain certain major features of the Florida Current: (1) the large axial gradient of vorticity, (2) the fact that seasonal fluctuations in the Miami-Cat Key tide gauge difference are twice the amplitude of those in the Key West-Havana tide gauge difference, and (3) the fact that the Havana-Cat Key difference is at a maximum during the period of minimum flow-the opposite of what might ordinarily be expected. An elementary perturbation theory of meanders in a wide stratified current is presented and its possible application to Gulf Stream meanders is discussed....
Recommended Citation
Stommel, Henry. 1953. "Examples of the possible role of inertia and stratification in the dynamics of the Gulf Stream system." Journal of Marine Research 12, (2). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/792