Tracers of Columbia River Input into the Meandering California Current Coastal Flow
Abstract
The long-term objective of the PI is to utilize radioisotopic distributions in the ocean for the purpose of unraveling oceanic circulation patterns and investigating the rates of mixing processes. Specific problems of current interest include the formation and fate of the cold filaments off the N. California Coast, and ocean ventilation and subduction processes. Because these isotopes have half-lives ranging from days to years, it is possible to study processes which encompass a great variety of temporal and spatial scales. One of the findings of the California Coastal Transition Zone (CTZ) project was that the cold filaments observed through satellite imagery apparently are part of a meandering jet within the California Current System (CCS). It has been suggested in fact, that a significant part of the CCS flow is encompassed within this meandering system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 19, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA286405
Entities
People
- David Kadko
Organizations
- University of Miami