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  • The network comprising 61 high-frequency radar systems along the U.S. West Coast (USWC) provides a unique, high resolution, and broad scale view of ocean surface circulation. Subinertial alongshore surface currents show poleward propagating signals with phase speeds of O(10) and O(100–300) km d⁻¹ that are consistent with historical in situ observations off the USWC and that can be possibly interpreted as coastally trapped waves (CTWs). The propagating signals in the slow mode are partly observed in southern California, which may result from scattering and reflection of higher-mode CTWs due to curvature of shoreline and bathymetry near Point Conception, California. On the other hand, considering the order of the phase speed in the slow mode, the poleward propagating signals may be attributed to alongshore advection or pressure-driven flows. A statistical regression of coastal winds at National Data Buoy Center buoys on the observed surface currents partitions locally and remotely wind-forced components, isolates footprints of the equatorward propagating storm events in winter off the USWC, and shows the poleward propagating signals year round.
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  • Keywords: wind transfer function, surface currents, coastally trapped waves, high-frequency radar, poleward propagation, phase speed
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  • Kim, S. Y., et al. (2013), Poleward propagating subinertial alongshore surface currents off the U.S. West Coast, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, 6791–6806. doi:10.1002/jgrc.20400
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  • 118
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  • Sung Yong Kim is supported by the BasicScience Research Program through the National Research Foundation(NRF), Ministry of Education (no. 2013R1A1A2057849) and the HumanResources Development of the Korea Institute of Energy TechnologyEvaluation and Planning (KETEP), Ministry of Trade, Industry andEnergy (no. 20114030200040), Republic of Korea.
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