The Antilles Current

Links: Please click on the links below to learn more about the Antilles current. Example Plots are below the Links.

Effects of Antilles Current on San Salvador, Bahamas
CoastWatch Near Real-Time Altimeter-GTS Data (AOML's SSH fields)
Intra-Americas Seas Snapshot of the 1/16° Global NLOM SSH and currents from NRL Stennis
Windward Islands Passages Monitoring Program

Example Plots: Clicking on a thumbnail image loads a larger image, clicking on the figure number downloads a PostScript image.

Figure 1.   The Antilles current as represented by the Mariano Global Surface Velocity Analysis (MGSVA). The Antilles Current transports tropical waters from the North Equatorial Current northwestward. It is a significant source of warm water for the Gulf Stream system. Click here for example plots of seasonal averages.

Figure 2.   The average drifting buoy derived surface velocity. Click here for example plots of seasonal averages.

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Figure 6.   The trajectory of Buoy (ID 00152) in the fall of 1996 (red) and winter of 1997 (blue). This buoy trajectory shows that the source water for the Antilles Current contains a more northerly contribution, presumably due to the Gulf Stream recirculation gyre. In early 1997, the buoy is in the Antilles current. Water in the Antilles current will either merge with northward flowing waters from the Florida Current into the Gulf Stream or be advected eastward by the subtropical counter-current.

Figure 7.   AVRRR image of the sea-surface temperature (SST).

Figure 8.   Geography of the region.

Figure 9.   Topography/Bathymetry of the region.

	Figure 1. The Antilles current as represented by the Mariano Global Surface Velocity Analysis (MGSVA). The Antilles Current transports tropical waters from the North Equatorial Current northwestward. It is a significant source of warm water for the Gulf Stream system. Click here for example plots of seasonal averages.
	Figure 2. The average drifting buoy derived surface velocity. Click here for example plots of seasonal averages.
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	Figure 6. The trajectory of Buoy (ID 00152) in the fall of 1996 (red) and winter of 1997 (blue). This buoy trajectory shows that the source water for the Antilles Current contains a more northerly contribution, presumably due to the Gulf Stream recirculation gyre. In early 1997, the buoy is in the Antilles current. Water in the Antilles current will either merge with northward flowing waters from the Florida Current into the Gulf Stream or be advected eastward by the subtropical counter-current.
	Figure 7. AVRRR image of the sea-surface temperature (SST).
	Figure 8. Geography of the region.
	Figure 9. Topography/Bathymetry of the region.