The Gulf Stream Meanders Experiment. Current Meter and Atmospheric Data Report for the August to November, 1979 Mooring Period,

Abstract

The principal objective of the Gulf Stream Meanders Experiment was to kinematically and dynamically describe the nature of meanders. The upper continental slope region off Onslow Bay, North Carolina was chosen for the experiment site because several previous investigations in that area provided a baseline data set giving some ideas about time and space variability scales within and a several-month mean view of the Stream. In addition, earlier observations ranging from reports in centuries-old ship logs to recent satellite infrared imagery made it apparent that Gulf Stream meandering was more intense between Charleston, South Carolina and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103487

Entities

People

  • David A. Brooks
  • John M. Bane
  • Paul Blankinship
  • Robert L. Cohen

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Calibration
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Continental Slopes
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Domain
  • Gulf Stream
  • Measurement
  • North Carolina
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space