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  • A mesoscale study of coastal currents and upwelling off Peru

    Creator:
    Enfield, David B.
    Abstract:
    Moored instrument records, drogue displacements, and hydrographic observations are used in describing the coastal currents and upwelling off Peru. The data were obtained over the continental shelf near 15°S. during a two week study in late March and early April of 1969. First order statistics and graphical representations of current...
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    the instrument is poor. An indication of instrument tilt is also produced on the film, from which a

  • Vertical current measurement in the Oregon coastal upwelling region

    Creator:
    Deckard, Dennis E.
    Abstract:
    Direct measurements of vertical water motions were made in the Oregon coastal region during the 1972 summer upwelling season. The instruments used were the Webb-Voorhis vertical current meters which are freely drifting neutrally buoyant floats capable of sensing vertical motion. It was found that in the region studied, water tended...
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    tilt. Recently, neutrally buoyant floats have been designed to make direct measurements on the

  • Impact of tropical instability waves on nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific

    Creator:
    Evans, William Wiley
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    Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are prominent seasonal features in both the equatorial Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This work quantifies their role in modulating the distributions of nutrients and phytoplankton biomass. Using an eight year record of biannual ship observations along the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy array, cruise sections crossing...
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    converges with warmer water and subducts to join the main thermocline waters. Due to the east-west tilt of