Surface Circulation Associated with the Mindanao and Halmahera Eddies

Abstract

During June and July, 1988, and AXBT survey was conducted southeast of Mindanao, Philippines in conjunction with CTD sections completed along the coast of Mindanao. Simultaneously, six Lagrangian drifters are launched in the Mindanao Current. Analysis of the data indicate a highly dynamic and complicated circulation which forms the origin of the North Equatorial Countercurrent. Strong shears are observed across the Mindanao current and across a current located on the northeast coast of Borneo, and based on water mass characteristics and Lagrangian data, the general positions and strengths of the Mindanao and Halmahera eddies. Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212427

Entities

People

  • Glen H. Carpenter

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Acquisition
  • Geographic Distribution
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • Naval Operations
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Philippine Sea
  • Research Facilities
  • Ridges
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermoclines
  • Topography
  • Trajectories
  • Water Masses

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Oceanography.