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Figure Citation:
Rousset, C., Beal, L. M. (2009), Observations of the Florida and Yucatan Currents from a Caribbean cruise ship, submitted to Geophys. Res. Let., 2009GL041212

Recent results from the Florida Straits and Yucatan Channel

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Figure 1: Mean surface currents (0-212 m) from Explorer of the Seas ADCP data set superimposed on the bathymetry of the Caribbean Seas. Sections A, B, C and D cross the Yucatan Current while the red arrows represent the Florida Current at 26°N.

Fl Straits current Transport profile Yucatan Channel current

Figure 2a: 5 year mean (2001-2006) cross section velocity in the Florida Strait at 26°N and its standard deviation

Figure 2b: Mean transport per unit depth (in Sv/m) of the Yucatan Current (combination of all 4 sections, in black), and of the Florida Current at 26°N (in red), together with their respective standard deviations.

Figure 2c: 4 year mean (2002-2006) cross section velocity in the Yucatan Current (section D) and its standard deviation.


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Figure 3: Top panels: Time series of the transport (in Sv) through the Yucatan Channel (in black), the Florida Strait at 26°N (in red), and the Florida Strait at 27°N (cable measurements, in gray) between 2001 and 2006. A linear interpolation was used to fill the gaps in the time series. The mean transports and their standard deviations are indicated. Bottom panel: Filtered time series of the transports (in Sv) using a Hanning window of three month. Colors are the same as for the top panels. (b) Mean seasonal cycles of the transports (in Sv) through the Yucatan Channel (years 2002-2006), the Florida Strait at 26°N (years 2001-2006), and the Florida Strait at 27°N (years 2001-2006). Transports were averaged month by month over their respective periods of sampling in the three passages.