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A parent to the Florida Current, the Loop Current is a warm ocean current that flows northward between Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula, moves north into the Gulf of Mexico, loops east and south before exiting to the east through the Florida Straits and joining the Gulf Stream.
23 wrz 2021 · The Gulf of Mexico loop current brings warm Caribbean water northward between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba and into the Gulf. The current loops around the Gulf, flows southeastward into the Florida Strait where it serves as a parent to the Florida current and ultimately joins the Gulf Stream.
16 cze 2024 · The Loop Current is a current of warm water that enters the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean and travels north along the Atlantic coast. Learn about its variability, its role in the Gulf Stream, and its impact on the environment and climate.
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Learn about the Loop Current, a major ocean current that connects the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and its impacts on ecosystems, oil spills, and hurricanes. Explore satellite and model data, projects, and tools to monitor the Gulf of Mexico oceanography.
The Loop Current is an ocean current that transports warm Caribbean water through the Yucatan Channel between Cuba and Mexico. The current flows northward into the Gulf of Mexico, then...
28 lis 2022 · We identified multiple equilibrium states of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current by solving with Newton’s method the nonlinear steady potential vorticity advection-diffusion equation restricted by the realistic lateral boundaries.
The map below shows the estimate of the surface currents in the Gulf of Mexico. The red star indicates the location of the Deepwater Horizon. The solid contours indicate the location of the Loop Current and anticyclonic rings and eddies (red) and cyclonic eddies (blue).
