Several current meter moorings were deployed over the continental margin of Peru along 5° and 10°S to study the Peru current system. The observation period from November 1981 to March 1985 covered the occurrence of El Nino 1982-83. This report presents the six-hourly low-passed data sets of each mooring. Progressive...
In this report we will present vertical sections of temperature, salinity and sigma-t from both CTD and bottle casts made on legs 1-5 of the R/V Eastward during JASON, and from CTD casts made on legs 1, 2 and 4 of the R/V Melville and legs .2 and 4 of...
Over the continental shelf at 15°S off Peru, sigma-t is a well-defined
function of temperature (Figure 1) and hence temperature alone may be used
to monitor the changes in stratification, to test the thermal wind equation,
and to monitor the hydrographic response to wind events. In this report we
present...
As part of the Peru Currents study, CTD observations were made off the
coasts of Peru and Ecuador between 3°N and 17°S from the R/V Wecoma,
February-March 1983 and March-April 1985, and from the R/V Endeavor,
November-December 1983 and April-May 1984. Repeated CTD sections were
occupied within 300 km of...
During the WELOC-77 cruise, May 21 - June 18, 1977, hydrographic and light beam transmission measurements were simultaneously made in situ off the coast of Peru on R/V WECOMA. Temperature, salinity and light
transmission data are listed for standard depths, and their vertical profiles are also presented.
As part of the Peru Currents study, CTD observations were made between February 1983 and April 1985 between 3° N to 17° S off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador. Vertical sections of temperature, salinity and sigma-theta vs
depth from 0 to 625 m are presented for each section completed...
Oregon State University installed and recovered moorings along the coast of Peru during the period late March 1976 through mid-May 1977. A mid-shelf mooring near 15°S (MILA)
was maintained for the full duration of the experiment, through five successive installations. This site was complemented by six other moorings in the...
CTD observations of temperature and salinity were made off the coast of Peru between 5°S and 16°S from the R/V MELVILLE, 4 March - 22 May 1977, and the R/V ISELIN, 5 April - 19 May 1977. These observations were made as part of MAM 77, the final phase of...
CTD observations of temperature and salinity were made
off the coast of Peru between 12°S and 16°S from the
R/V EASTWARD, between 23 July and 16 August 1976. The
observations were made during Legs 0, 1, and 2 of JASON,
which was the middle phase of the JOINT-II project conducted...
As part of the SuperCODE project, three hydrographic cruises were conducted
off Oregon and California in July 1983, and January to February 1984,
and April 1984. CTD observations were made near Coos Bay at 43°13'N during 12
July 1983 and 31 January 1984, and off Newport at 44°39'N on 11-12...
As part of the SuperCODE and CODE projects, two hydrographic cruises were conducted off Oregon and California in January and April 1984. CTD sections across the continental shelf and slope were made near Coos Bay at 43°13'N, off Crescent City at 41°54%, off Eureka at 40°51%, along the Arena and...
During 1967 the Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, continued its program of shore sampling of ocean temperatures and salinities along the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Observations for 1960 through 1966 are contained in five Data Reports which are listed under references. The data in this report were collected...
During 1968 the Department of Oceanography, Oregon State
University, continued its program of shore sampling of ocean temperatures
and salinities along the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
Observations for 1960 through 1967 are contained in six Data Reports
which are listed under references. The data in this report
were collected...
During 1963 and 1964 the Department of Oceanography, Oregon
State University, continued its program of shore sampling, of ocean
temperatures and salinities along the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
Observations for 1960, 1961, and 1962 are contained in three Data
Reports: No. 6 (Kujala and Wyatt, 1961), No. 8 (Oliphant,...
During 1961, a program of shore station sampling of ocean temperatures
and salinities was carried out by the. Oceanography Department of Oregon
State University. This is a continuation of the work reported by
Kujala and Wyatt (1961). Sampling was conducted at 11 locations along
the Oregon coast and at one...
This report includes the temperature and salinity data collected at nine shore stations along the Oregon coast from the Columbia River south to Bandon, Oregon. The purpose of this study is to obtain basic information and to supplement our monthly offshore oceanographic survey cruises.
This study examines the seasonal variability in temperature and
salinity of the nearshore waters off Oregon and Northern California.
Specifically, temperature and salinity variations during summer and
winter were ana1yzed from data gathered at shore stations along the
coast and from hydrographic data collected within 25 nautical miles
of shore....
Temperature, salinity, density and turbulent dissipation profiles measured using the Rapid Sampling Vertical Profiler during the Coastal Transition Zone Experiment, July 1988.
A summary of the first year of the THEMIS observation program is presented. The observations were made from November, 1968 to November, 1969. The primary measurements were time series of current velocity with supplementary data of wind velocity. The emphasis is on the methods of observation and the procedures used...
A large-scale west coast shelf experiment called SuperCODE
was conducted off Oregon and California between February 1981
and April 1984. Current and temperature measurements were made
from subsurface arrays off Coos Bay (43°N), Crescent City
(42°N), Eureka (41°N), Half Moon Bay (37.5°N) and Purisima
Point (34.70), between February 1981 and...
The climate and the exchange of heat between atmosphere and
ocean are examined in a region adjacent to Washington and Oregon,
and in two sub-regions adjacent to Oregon. The sub-regions are
chosen such that one contains the nearshore upwelling region and the
other borders it on the seaward side.
The...
Observations from an instrument array moored over the continental
shelf off Oregon from 31 July to 21 September 1969 are presented. Temperature,
current and wind observations were obtained every 20 minutes.
First order statistics, histograms, progressive vector diagrams and time
series plots are presented. Supplementary wind observations at Newport
are...
A summary of one phase of a direct observational program conducted
in the coastal region off Oregon is presented. The measurements
were made primarily on the continental shelf during most of the coastal
upwelling season (May and June 1967; April through September 1968).
The principal measurements were time series of...
CTD observations were made over the continental shelf and upper continental slope from the coast to approximately 60 km off central California between latitudes 34°N and 37.5°N. The measurements were made by Raytheon Service Company as part of the Central California Coastal Circulation Study sponsored by the Minerals Management Service....
Wecoma cruise W8807A was conducted in late July and early August 1988 as part of the Coastal Transition Zone project. CTD observations were made over a standard grid in the coastal transition zone off northern California between 37°N and 39.5°N that was occupied repeatedly during June, July and August; this...
Wecoma cruise W8706A was conducted in June 1987 as part of the pilot study for the Coastal Transition Zone project. CTD observations were made in the coastal transition zone off northern California between 37.5°N and 41.5°N and along 43°13'N off Coos Bay, Oregon. Altogether 133 stations were completed successfully. They...
Wecoma cruise W8702B was conducted in February 1987 as part of the pilot study for the Coastal Transition Zone project. CTD observations were made in the coastal transition zone off northern California between 37.5°N and 4l.5°N. Stations were planned along three alongshore transects, at distances of 60, 90 and 150...
CTD observations were made over the continental shelf and upper
continental slope from the coast to approximately 60 km off central California
between latitudes 34°N and 37.5°N. The measurements were made by Raytheon
Service Company as part of the Central California Coastal Circulation Study
sponsored by the Minerals Management Service....
CTD observations were made over the continental shelf and upper
continental slope from the coast to approximately 60 km off central California
between latitudes 34°N and 37.5°N. The measurements were made by Raytheon
Service Company as part of the Central California Coastal Circulation Study
sponsored by the Minerals Management Service....
CTD observations were made over the continental shelf and upper
continental slope from the coast to approximately 60 km off central California
between latitudes 34°N and 37.5°N. The measurements were made by Raytheon
Service Company as part of the Central California Coastal Circulation Study
sponsored by the Minerals Management Service....
This report is concerned with environmental and animal internal temperatures in the intertidal zone at low tide. Daily sea surface temperatures at Agate Beach, Ore., are compared to weekly measurements made near-by. Greater range and fluctuations are revealed by daily measurements. Data are provided on animal internal temperatures at low...
This report is an intermediate step in analyzing part of the hydrographic data from the 1972 Coastal Upwelling Experiment (CUE) off the coast of Oregon. It presents the author's interpretation of the vertical distribution of temperature, salinity and sigma-t along lines occupied on hydrographic cruises by R/V Yaquina during CUE....
Meteorological, sea surface temperature, and coastal sea level data were collected along the west coast of North America from northern Baja California to the Alaska/British Columbia border from 1980 to mid-1984 for the large-scale component of the Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE). This report presents statistical summaries and plots of...
CTD observations were made along the CODE Central Line, extending offshore toward 225°T from the California coast at 38°40'N, during 12-14 April, 1981. The complete section with nine stations was occupied twice; the offshore portion was occupied three times. The maximum sampling depth was 1000 m. This report includes a...
This is the fifth report of data collected during a study designed to
determine the currents and water masses along the Oregon coast. The
first four reports cover the period from July 1958 to December 1961 (Wyatt
and Callaway, 1961; Wyatt and Kujala, 1961; Wyatt and Kujala, 1962; Wyatt
and...
A summary of one phase of a direct observational program conducted
in the coastal region off Oregon is presented. The measurements were
made primarily on the continental shelf in late coastal upwelling season
(August and September 1966). The principal measurements were time
series of horizontal current velocity and temperature fields;...
This is the first data report of a program designed to study physical
processes in Oregon shelf waters by means of moored instrument arrays.
Various statistics and plots of smoothed data are presented for time
series of current velocity and of temperature. Data were collected in
July, August, September, and...
CTD observations of temperature and salinity were made off Oregon and California between 34° N and 44° N from the R/V Wecoma, 5 Feb. - 17 Feb. 1981. The stations were from 2-360 km off shore, in water depths ranging from 30 to 4,300 meters. The maximum sampling depth at...