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Article: Variability of Shallow and Deep Western Boundary Currents off the Bahamas during 2004-05: Results from the 26°N RAPID-MOC Array
- Article from:
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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ABSTRACT
Data from an array of six moorings deployed east of Abaco, Bahamas, along 26.5°N during March 2004-May 2005 are analyzed. These moorings formed the western boundary array of a transbasin observing system designed to continuously monitor the meridional overturning circulation and
meridional heat flux in the subtropical North Atlantic, under the framework of the joint U.K.-U.S. Rapid Climate Change (RAPID)-Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) Program. Important features of the western boundary circulation include the southward-flowing deep western boundary current (DWBC) below 1000 m and the northward-flowing "Antilles" Current in the upper 1000 m. Transports in the western ...