A pair of high-resolution oceanographic surveys in March and April 1995 revealed a large and rapid transition from late winter to spring conditions in the coastal zone off central and southern California. These data are unique in capturing the detailed three-dimensional physical structure of and biological response to the spring...
In this paper, we evaluate the temporal and horizontal resolution of geostrophic
surface velocities calculated from TOPEX satellite altimeter heights. Moored velocities
(from vector-averaging current meters and an acoustic Doppler current profiler) at depths
below the Ekman layer are used to estimate the temporal evolution and accuracy of
altimeter geostrophic...
