XBT Transects
XBT (eXpendable BathyThermographs) transect AXWBTS is located between Florida (West Palm Beach) and the Bahamas (near Eight-Mile Rock). This line is part of the Western Boundary Time Series project that has measured the strength of the Florida Current since 1982. This transect was chosen to monitor the location of the Florida Current (further upstream this current is called the Gulf Stream) and is related to the international program that measures the strength of the meridional overturning circulation and heat transport (see wbts).
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