Abstract
A number of current meter records collected by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have been examined to determine the structure of M 2 tides in the western North Atlantic. Though the signal to noise ratio is low, a simple picture emerges when sufficiently many records are averaged. At a site north of the Gulf Stream, the tidal current is baroclinic, and concentrated near the surface. The result is consistent with generation of internal tides along the continental slope just to the north. At positions south of the Gulf Stream, the records are too few to conclude more than that the tidal velocities are consistent with high mode internal waves.
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