Dodie is a somewhat popular first name for females (#4070 out of 4276, Top 95%) but a unique surname for both adults and children.
Beginning in the Caribbean and ending in the northern North Atlantic, the Gulf Stream System is one of the world's most intensely studied current systems. This extensive western boundary current plays an important role in the poleward transfer of heat and salt and serves to warm the European subcontinent.
The Gulf Stream Currentâthe main conveyor of heat from south to north in the Atlanticâswirls surface waters in this infrared image from the Suomi NPP satellite on April 16, 2013, centered around 180 miles due east of Atlantic City, NJ.t moves north along the coast of Florida and then turns eastward off of North Carolina, flowing northeast across the Atlantic. Off the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, the Gulf Stream flows at a rate nearly 300 times faster than the typical flow of the Amazon River.