Gulf Stream Deflection by a Bottom Feature off Charleston, South Carolina. uri icon

abstract

  • A topographic feature on the continental slope off Charleston at 32 degrees N persistently deflects the Gulf Stream seaward, with the inshore surface thermal front deflected east or south of east in 27 of the 39 cases examined. Meanders often form downstream of the deflection, suggesting that the "Charleston bump" induces Gulf Stream fluctuations.

published proceedings

  • Science

author list (cited authors)

  • Brooks, D. A., & Bane, J. M

citation count

  • 61

complete list of authors

  • Brooks, DA||Bane, JM

publication date

  • September 1978