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Creator:: Dorman, Clive E., Paulson, C. A., and Quinn, W. H.
Abstract:: Meteorological and oceanographic data for Ocean Station Vessel N (30N, 14OW) are analyzed over 20 years (1951–70) and 7 years (1964–70), respectively. A rainfall estimate is constructed for the 20-year period. The yearly average rainfall is 23 cm, far less than existing estimates. Daily and seasonal variations are presented. Heat...
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Creator:: Moum, J. N., Farmer, D. M., Shroyer, E. L., Smyth, W. D., and Armi, L.
Abstract:: A single nonlinear internal wave tracked more than 100 wavelengths across Oregon’s continental shelf over a 12-h period exhibited nearly constant wave speed, c = 0.75 m s⁻¹, and amplitude, a = 15 m. The wavelength L gradually decreased from 220 m in 170-m water depth to 60 m in...
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Creator:: Killworth, Peter D., Chelton, Dudley B., and de Szoeke, Roland A.
Abstract:: Planetary or Rossby waves are the predominant way in which the ocean adjusts on long (year to decade) timescales. The motion of long planetary waves is westward, at speeds ≥1 cm s⁻¹ . Until recently, very few experimental investigations of such waves were possible because of scarce data. The advent...
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Creator:: Smyth, William D. and Kimura, Satoshi
Abstract:: The linear stability of a double-diffusively stratified, inflectional shear flow is investigated. Double-diffusive stratification has little effect on shear instability except when the density ratio R[subscript]ρ is close to unity. Double-diffusive instabilities have significant growth rates and can represent the fastest-growing mode even in the presence of inflectionally unstable shear...
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Creator:: de Szoeke, Roland A. and Springer, Scott R.
Abstract:: The materiality and neutrality of neutral density and several forms of orthobaric density are calculated and compared using a simple idealization of the warm-sphere water mass properties of the Atlantic Ocean. Materiality is the value of the material derivative, expressed as a quasi-vertical velocity, following the motion of each of...
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Creator:: Moum, J. N., Caldwell, D. R., Paulson, C. A., Chereskin, T. V., and Regier, L. A.
Abstract:: A 3°N to 3°S transect of the equator at 140°15'W was made in November 1984. Vertical profiles of temperature, conductivity and turbulent dissipation were obtained at approximately 1 km intervals. Contrary to previous results, we found no obvious peak in dissipation either at the equator or clearly associated with the...
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Creator:: Vickers, Dean, Mahrt, Larry, and Andreas, Edgar L.
Abstract:: The 10-m neutral drag coefficient (C[subscript DN10]) over the sea is calculated using a large observational dataset consisting of 5800 estimates of the mean flow and the fluxes from aircraft eddy-covariance measurements. The dataset includes observations from 11 different experiments with four different research aircraft. One of the goals is...
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Full Text:: , Corvallis, Oregon LARRY MAHRT Northwest Research Associates (Seattle Division), Corvallis, Oregon EDGAR L

Creator:: Wijesekera, H. W., Paulson, C. A., and Huyer, A.
Abstract:: Measurements of a fresh surface anomaly (fresh lens) produced by rainfall during a westerly wind burst have been analyzed. The measurements were made in December 1992 as part of the Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment in the western equatorial Pacific (2°S, 156°E). Measurements included radar estimates of rainfall, upper-ocean temperature (T),...
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Creator:: Nash, Jonathan D., Kunze, Eric, Lee, Craig M., and Sanford, Thomas B.
Abstract:: Repeat transects of full-depth density and velocity are used to quantify generation and radiation of the semidiurnal internal tide from Kaena Ridge, Hawaii. A 20-km-long transect was sampled every 3 h using expendable current profilers and the absolute velocity profiler. Phase and amplitude of the baroclinic velocity, pressure, and vertical...
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Full Text:: and radiation of the semidiurnal internal tide from Kaena Ridge, Hawaii. A 20-km-long transect was

Creator:: Perlin, Natalie, Skyllingstad, Eric D., Samelson, Roger M., and Barbour, Philip L.
Abstract:: Air–sea coupling during coastal upwelling was examined through idealized three-dimensional numerical simulations with a coupled atmosphere–ocean mesoscale model. Geometry, topography, and initial and boundary conditions were chosen to be representative of summertime coastal conditions off the Oregon coast. Over the 72-h simulations, sea surface temperatures were reduced several degrees near...
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Full Text:: L. BARBOUR Wind Research Cooperative, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (Manuscript

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