1. streamlines

2. North Atlantic (surface) currents system

3. NBC Caribbean Gulf/FL Straits Gulf Stream Extension Equator EKE

4. 25-30 Sv 10-15 Sv NBC : retroflection

5. How the NBC sheds eddies

6. Chlorophyll tells the same story

7. 28 Sv 10-15 Sv; SEC 13-18 Sv; NEC Circulation in the Caribbean sea

8. Gulf of Mexico: Loop Current Gulf of Mexico

9. Loop current eddies

10. Florida Strait: Temperature, Salinity cross-section. (Hatched area is Considered primary as S.Atlantic) Geostrophy in the Florida Strait

11. Transport variability

12. Surface and deep flow

13. Florida Straits, 30 Sv Cape Hatteras, 80 Sv Meander path, 100 Sv Gulf Stream Re-circulation cell, 70 Sv Cold core rings Warm core rings Gulf Stream Transport 1 Sv = 10 6 m 3 /s

14. westerlies trades Ekman Convergence Ocean response Western boundary current Gyre circulation