A seasonal signal in ocean currents to abyssal depths (original) (raw)

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Long-term (9–32 month) current meter records from the eastern North Atlantic (41°N–59°N) suggest that, remote from the influence of the Western Boundary Current, eddy kinetic energy (_K_E) at all depths is principally a function of wind stress and stratification, generated during the winter and early spring, propagating to abyssal depths and decaying to a minimum in late summer. Although this seasonal variation in _K_E has not previously been described from the midlatitude ocean, some theoretical basis for it is presented.

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  1. Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, Directorate of Fisheries Research, Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0HT, UK
    R. R. Dickson & P. A. Gurbutt
  2. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5UB, UK
    W. J. Gould
  3. University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EW, UK
    P. D. Killworth

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  3. P. A. Gurbutt
  4. P. D. Killworth

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Dickson, R., Gould, W., Gurbutt, P. et al. A seasonal signal in ocean currents to abyssal depths.Nature 295, 193–198 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/295193a0

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