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Schmitz 1976
Schmitz, W.J. (1976). Eddy kinetic energy in the deep western North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JC081i027p04981. issn: 0148-0227.

Long-term moored current meter data are used to demonstrate the existence of 2 orders of magnitude of variation for the kinetic energy per unit mass associated with low-frequency fluctuations in the western North Atlantic Ocean at depths near 4000 m. The maximum is observed to be located near the Gulf Stream and the minimum outside of a recently hypothesized deep mean gyre.

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