Increased gulf stream warm core ring formations contributes to an observed increase in salinity maximum intrusions on the Northeast Shelf
Abstract We present observational evidence of a significant increase in Salinity Maximum intrusions in the Northeast US Shelf waters in the years following 2000. This increase is subsequent to and influenced by a previously observed regime-shift in the annual formation rate for Gulf Stream Warm Core...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-05-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34494-0 |