streamlines
NBC
Caribbean
Gulf/FL Straits
Gulf Stream Extension
Equator
EKE
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u'2 +v'2
2
25-30 Sv
10-15 Sv
NBC : retroflection
Chlorophyll tells the same story
28 Sv
10-15 Sv; SEC
13-18 Sv; NEC
Circulation in the Caribbean sea
Loop current eddies
Florida Strait: Temperature, Salinity cross-section.(Hatched area is Considered primary as S.Atlantic)
Geostrophyin the Florida Strait
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f∂v
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∂ρ
∂x∝∂T
∂x
Transport variability
Surface and deep flow
Florida Straits, 30 Sv
Cape Hatteras, 80 Sv
Meander path, 100 Sv
Gulf Stream Re-circulation cell, 7
0 Sv
Cold core rings
Warm core rings
Gulf StreamGulf StreamTransportTransport
1 Sv = 106 m3/s
westerlies
trades
Ekman Convergence
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