Abstract: Currents at 15-m depth derived from buoy drifts and current meter records for the 1987?93 period are used to study the influence of thermal advection on SST variations. Horizontal advection is found to be important for ...

Abstract: A diagnostic model of the tropical circulation over the 0?30-m layer is derived by using quasi-linear and steady physics. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height (TOPEX/Poseidon), surface ...

Abstract: The relationships between tropical Atlantic Ocean surface currents and horizontal (mass) divergence, sea surface temperature (SST), and winds on monthly-to-annual time scales are described for the time period from 1993 ...

Abstract: Comparisons of OSCAR satellite-derived sea surface currents with in situ data from moored current meters, drifters, and shipboard current profilers indicate that OSCAR presently provides accurate time means of zonal and ...