Pacific Area Current Charts.

Abstract

A monthly mean sea current was calculated for the west coast of the United States and the Hawaiian Islands area on a spatial grid of 1 deg by 1 deg. These mean geostrophic velocities were computer generated from dynamic height data obtained from the National Oceanographic Data Center. A method employing two-dimensional spline fits of spatially and temporally random hydrographic data was developed to determine the monthly averaged geostrophic currents. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA112293

Entities

People

  • Alan D. Summy
  • Kenneth A. Mooney

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Data Centers
  • Geostrophic Currents
  • Physical Properties
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Oceanography.