Testing the Stepping Method to Derive Western Ocean Bottom Pressure Gradient and the Western Boundary Contribution to Overturning Transport at 26.5°N

Shane Elipot1, William E Johns2, Qianjiang Xing1, Ivenis Pita3, Ben I Moat4, David Smeed5, Eleanor Frajka-Williams6, Catherine Rychert7 and Nicholas Harmon8, (1)University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, United States, (2)Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, United States, (3)University of Miami, Miami, United States, (4)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (5)National Oceanography Center, Soton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (6)University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, (7)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Ocean and Earth Science, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (8)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole, United States