Nearshore ocean currents off San Diego, California
| Autor: | Roy D. Gaul, Harris B. Stewart |
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| Rok vydání: | 1960 |
| Předmět: |
Atmospheric Science
Ecology Ocean current Paleontology Soil Science Forestry Aquatic Science Oceanography Tidal current Wind speed Physics::Geophysics Current (stream) Geophysics Space and Planetary Science Geochemistry and Petrology Drag Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Environmental science Statistical analysis Bay Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Earth-Surface Processes Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Geophysical Research. 65:1543-1556 |
| ISSN: | 0148-0227 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/jz065i005p01543 |
| Popis: | Observations of the trajectories of fields of free-drifting current drogues were made off San Diego, California, on 103 days. This provided data for statistical analysis of the surface current regime in two nearshore areas separated by the entrance to San Diego Bay. Reduction of the data required corrections for wind drag on the exposed portion of the drogues and for surface current drag on the float system of the subsurface drogues. Corrected subsurface data and surface data at times of low wind speeds were used to determine tidal components. Vector subtraction of tidal currents from total surface currents provided the components of the wind-induced currents. These were then statistically adjusted as derived from the yearly wind distribution, and finally the tidal and wind-induced components were recombined to yield a statistical redistribution of the total surface current. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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