Abstract: River and estuarine discharges mix to form a frontal zone along a 400 km length of the coast of the south-eastern United States. The frontal width extends from the coast outward 10?20 km. Two ships, anchored across the ...

Abstract: The use of land based wind data in nearshore oceanographic work is common, but these winds do not accurately reflect coastal oceanic winds. Ocean winds are often underestimated by a factor of 2 and directional differences ...

Abstract: An analysis is made of HF radar measurements of surface currents in shallow water near the Georgia coast, and also of vertical profile measurements of current and density. The dominant structure is found to be a clockwise ...

Abstract: In winter, cooling of the South Atlantic Bight continental shelf water results in higher density in the middle shelf region relative to the shelf-break region where the western flank of the Gulf Stream flows. Shoreward, ...

Abstract: Because of relatively strong tidal currants and little notification, the response of continental shelf water to wired off South Carolina is predominantly frictional and barotropic. Currents measured at the 10, 30 and 40 m ...

Abstract: A 4.3-month-long dataset from moorings on the continental shelf off South Carolina during 1986 showed unusual midrecord shifts in bottom pressure, temperature, stratification, and alongshelf currents. The Gulf Stream moved ...