Abstract

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 (KE) 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 KE has not previously been described from the midlatitude ocean, some theoretical basis for it is presented.

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