¥Fig 5a. Salinity variability on Georges Bank (0-30m)
(bars, left axis, PSU) versus the distance of the
north wall of the Gulf Stream (GS) from the shelf break in the Middle
Atlantic Bight (solid line, right axis, km). A one-year smoothing was applied to
the north wall series (T. Rossby, pers. comm). Note that the salinity
series leads the GS series by about 6 to 8 months.