TITLE:
Gulf Stream Dynamics: A Note
AUTHORS:
Kern E. Kenyon
KEYWORDS:
Bernoulli’s Law, Gulf Stream
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
27,
2019
ABSTRACT: A preliminary attempt
is made to address Stommel’s suggestion that the established offshore shear in
the Gulf Stream’s surface velocity is large (up to 0.5 f, where f is the
Coriolis parameter) and that this needs to be understood better. Using
Bernoulli’s law in conjunction with the geostrophic relation leads to the
prediction that the shear should equal f. If a certain sea level variation across the Stream is proposed within the warm
Stream water, it is qualitatively possible to reduce the shear value below f, but more work in the future will
confirm or refute this idea.