Current Measurements from Moorings off Northern California: September 1984-July 1985.

Abstract

Three deep-sea subsurface moorings, each equipped with five current meters at depths from 150m below the surface to 200m above the bottom, were deployed off Northern California from September 1984 to July 1985 as part of the OPTOMA program. The triad of moorings, centered near 38.5 deg N, 125 deg W, had mutual separations of 100 km. Velocity and temperature were recorded at hourly intervals; statistics and various plots of the data time series are presented in this report. Keywords: Ocean currents; Oceanographic data; Physical oceanography; Current meter measurements; California Current System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA167776

Entities

People

  • Glenna Pittock
  • Jane Fleischbein
  • Robert L. Smith
  • Robert Still

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Birds
  • California
  • Frequency
  • Heat Flux
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Salt Water
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Oceanography.