Recent observations of the mean circulation on Georges Bank

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · J. Phys. Oceanogr.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1982)012<0569:ROOTMC>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:5081373

Butman, B; Beardsley, R C; Magnell, B; Frye, D; Vermersch, J A; Schlitz, R; Limeburner, R; Wright, W R; Noble, M A

A clockwise circulation around Georges Bank was measured by means of moored current meters, aircraft-tracked surface drifters, and satellite-tracked drifters drogued at 10 m. The strongest flow was in a narrow jetlike current (30 cm s/sup -1/) along the northern flank of the bank. The flow of shelf water on the southern flank was westward (10 cm s/sup -1/) toward the Middle Atlantic Bight; some of this water flowed northward through the eastern side of Great South Channel and recirculated around Georges Bank. The satellite-tracked drifters and the moored observations indicate that the circulation around the bank was not completely closed and considerable variablility occurs in the trajectory of an individual water particle.

• Research Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Ma 02543
• OSTI ID: 5081373
• Journal Information: J. Phys. Oceanogr.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Oceanogr.; (United States) Vol. 12:6; ISSN JPYOB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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