CONTENTS 



Page 

 INTRODUCTION 1 



MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION METHODS 1 



1. Application of a River Meander Theory to Gulf Stream 

 Meanders 1 



2. Relating Gulf Stream Meanders to Paths of Constant 

 Potential Vorticity 4 



3. Prediction of Gulf Stream Meanders Using Harmonic 

 Components 8 



4. Prediction of Gulf Stream Meanders by Dynamic Two- 

 Dimensional Advection 10 



CONCLUSIONS 12 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 14 



FIGURES 



Figure 1. A Sine-Generated Curve 2 



Figure 2. Examples of Modified Sine-Generated Curves . . 3 

 Figure 3. A Modified Sine-Generated Curve Compared to 



the Gulf Stream 4 



Figure 4. Paths of Constant Potential Vorticity .... 7 

 Figure 5. Effects of Bottom Topography on Gulf Stream 



Path 6 



Figure 6. Comparison of an Harmonic Prediction With 



Observed Gulf Stream 9 



Figure 7. Comparison of a Barotropic Prediction With 



Observed Gulf Stream 13 



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