The Gulf Stream Meanders Experiment, Current Meter, Atmospheric, and Sea Level Data Report for the January to May, 1979 Mooring Period

摘要

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 choosen 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 (Webster, 1961a, b; Richardson, et al., 1969). 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 and Cape Hatteras than elsewhere in the South Atlantic Bight. Current, sea level, and atmospheric data from the Gulf Stream region off North Carolina for the period January - May 1979 are documented in this data report.