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Title: Comments on “Reconstruction of the Gulf Stream from 1940 to the Present and Correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation”
Abstract The path of the Gulf Stream as it leaves the continental shelf near Cape Hatteras is marked by a sharp gradient in ocean temperature known as the North Wall. The latitude location of the Gulf Stream North Wall (GSNW) has previously been estimated by subjective analysis of daily maps of sea surface temperatures. Recently, Watelet et al. (2017) presented an objective procedure by fitting an error function to the SST profile across the Gulf Stream at 81 longitude positions. The fit smooths over not only the GSNW but also the much colder waters from the Labrador Sea on the continental shelf. Watelet et al.’s procedure is therefore likely to misidentify the shelf-slope front as the Gulf Stream North Wall, leading to a systematic northward bias the in North Wall position.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1634829
PAR ID:
10207855
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Volume:
49
Issue:
10
ISSN:
0022-3670
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2731 to 2734
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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