Warm-Core Rings Heat Content and Transfers in the Gulf of Mexico

Thomas Meunier1, Enric Pallas Sanz1, Angel Ruiz Angulo2, Miguel Costa Tenreiro1, Jose Ochoa3,4, Julio Sheinbaum4,5, Simó Cusí4, Xavier J Carton6, Charly de Marez7 and Christian E. Buckingham8, (1)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (2)Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland, (3)CICESE, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, (4)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (5)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (6)Laboratoire de Physique des Océans, Brest, France, (7)Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France, (8)Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Département de Physique, Brest, France