The Distinction Between the Gulf Stream and Its North Wall

Abstract Downstream of Cape Hatteras, the Gulf Stream (GS) is bounded to the north by a sharp temperature front known as the North Wall (NW). Previous studies have generally assumed that variations of the NW and GS are equivalent. Using satellite sea surface height to identify the GS and the 15 °C i...

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Main Authors: Lequan Chi, Christopher L. P. Wolfe, Sultan Hameed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083775