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A study of the relationship between local winds and currents over the continental shelf off Oregon

Creator:

Huyer, Adriana, 1945-

Abstract:

This thesis demonstrates that at low frequencies (periods longer than 2.5 days) local currents off the coast of Oregon are closely related to the wind. Wind and current observations made during August and September 1969 are described and compared to demonstrate that a relationship exists; the physics of the interaction...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

sigma-t in a section west of Newport on 9 August and 9 September 1969. The data are from Wyatt et al