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Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream The most important ocean-current system in the northern hemisphere, which stretches from Florida to north-western Europe. It incorporates several currents: the
Florida Current; the Gulf Stream itself; and an eastern extension, the
North Atlantic Drift. The Florida Current is fast, deep, and narrow, but after passing Cape Hatteras the Gulf Stream becomes less effective at depth and develops a series of large meanders which form, detach, and reform in a complicated manner. After passing the Grand Banks (off Newfoundland) the flow forms the diffuse, shallow, slower-moving North Atlantic Drift. The temperature (18–20°C) and salinity (36 parts per thousand) tend to be seasonally constant, unlike neighbouring coastal water masses.
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NORWAY: NORWEGIAN AND US OCEANOGRAPHERS DISCOVER SECOND GULF STREAM.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 2/4/2003; 506 words
; Norwegian and US oceanographers have now uncovered the secret of the North Sea. They have mapped the entire length of the Gulf Stream - the fundamental basis for our climate - and discovered that there are two Gulf Streams. (Source: Odin.dep.no)
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NORWEGIAN AND US OCEANOGRAPHERS DISCOVER SECOND GULF STREAM
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East); 2/4/2003; 234 words
; Norwegian and US oceanographers have now uncovered the secret of the North Sea. They have mapped the entire length of the Gulf Stream - the fundamental basis for our climate - and discovered that there are two Gulf Streams.(Source: Odin.dep.no)
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Gulf stream variability and ocean-atmosphere interactions
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Gulf Stream Variability and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions...form 18 May 2001) ABSTRACT Time series of Gulf Stream position derived from the TOPEX...that the latitude of separation of the Gulf Stream is essentially determined by the dynamics...
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Gulf Stream Coach ``Rolls On,'' Selecting glovia.com to Manage Company-Wide Operations.
Business Wire; 7/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...announced today that Gulf Stream Coach, the industry...manufacturers, such as Gulf Stream Coach, produce their products...customer service." About Gulf Stream Coach From entry...Luxury Class A motorhomes, Gulf Stream Coach is confident...
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Gulf Stream analysis; cooperation between NOAA and 1984 Bermuda Race participants provides new insights into the behavior of this Atlantic current. (Weather Special, part 1)
Magazine article from: Yachting; 5/1/1985; ; 700+ words
; ...inclusion on the Gulf Stream Mailing List...wall of the Gulf Stream located now? What...on the fate of the Gulf Stream when we arrived...since the Gulf Stream had not moved dramatically...Water between the two Gulf Stream areas (Slope...
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Where currents cross: intersection of the Gulf Stream and the Deep Western Boundary Current.
Magazine article from: Oceanus; 3/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; The Gulf Stream is perhaps the most widely...southeast coast of the US, the Gulf Stream (or Florida Current...sheared in half by the Gulf Stream. At shallow depths a tongue...of the DWBC turns with the Gulf Stream. This is confirmed...
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Forget about the Gulf Stream myth: Britain is kept warm in winter by the Rocky Mountains
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...winters and cool summers are due to the moderating influence of the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to the shores of western Europe. Without the Gulf Stream, our teachers told us, Britain's winters would be as...
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The cross-stream potential vorticity front and its role in meander-induced exchange in the Gulf Stream
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...northern edge of the Gulf Stream has been thought...edge of the Gulf Stream. J. Mar. Res...transport of the Gulf Stream at 73. J...trajectories in the Gulf Stream. J. Phys. Oceanogr...description of the Gulf Stream and subtropical...
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Gulf Stream Meander Propagation Past Cape Hatteras
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...propagation and growth characteristics of Gulf Stream meanders past the stream's separation...core eddies shoreward of the Gulf Stream are associated with seaward meander...Downstream from Cape Hatteras, the Gulf Stream has separated from the continental...
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Gulf Stream Asset Management, LLC Expands.
PR Newswire; 12/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...9 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Stream Asset Management, LLC...said Liu. About Gulf Stream Asset Management, LLC...and structured finance, Gulf Stream is a leading U...crown-com.com, for Gulf Stream Asset Management, LLC
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Gulf Stream
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GULF STREAM GULF STREAM. A powerful, warm, surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of North America, the Gulf Stream is one of the strongest known currents. It originates in the Gulf...
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Gulf of Mexico
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...small rivers , creeks, and streams. This watershed area covers...km 2 ). The currents in the Gulf of Mexico form a complex system...meandering around in the Gulf, then leaving through the...Caribbean Current forms the Gulf Stream . The Gulf of Mexico has tides...
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Mexico, Gulf of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...America's economic and political development. The Gulf of Mexico and its coastal beaches, estuaries, and...abundant food and minerals. A warm current, the Gulf Stream, enters the gulf from the Caribbean Sea at the Strait of Yucat...
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A Confederate Blockade-Runner (1862, by John Wilkinson)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...cross, after they had passed the Gulf Stream; and shaping their course accordingly...or fifteen miles apart inside the Gulf Stream , and in the course from Nassau...this oversight. I say inside the Gulf Stream , because every experienced...
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eddy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...dramatic eddies are generated from the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio Current. Periodically...reabsorbed back into the main flow of the Gulf Stream, but a few stay clear and persist...Atlantic. For illus. see currents ; Gulf Stream . M. V. Angel
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