title: Gulf Stream Ring Coalescence with the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras.
abstract: A cyclonic ring, which had separated from the Gulf Stream 7 months earlier and traveled 500 kilometers westward, collided with the stream in September 1977. Within 3 days the ring and stream joined to form a sharp S-shaped meander. Shipboard expendable temperature probes and four bottom-moored inverted echo sounders were used to obtain synoptic descriptions of the rejoining process.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Olson