Abstract: Two long-term drifters were tracked for several months in the North Pacific as part of the NORPAX Pole experiment. The trajectories indicate at least one core of the North Pacific current was centered around 37N. Velocities ...

Abstract: Wind-driven flow in the upper 90 meters during autumn?winter in the midlatitude North Pacific is investigated using satellite-traced drifting buoys (i.e., drifters) deployed nearly simultaneously but drogued at different ...

Abstract: The response of the surface current to the wind has been described at various times by quadratic and linear laws. The quadratic response leads to Ekman-type currents while the linear response may be indicative of Stokes ...

Abstract: This is an analysis of the movement of six satellite-tracked (Nimbus 6) drifters which had lost their drogues. An attempt was made to correct the drifter velocity records for wind drag. The corrections, however, were ...

Abstract: A drifter was deployed in the Gulf Stream and tracked for 5 months by the Nimbus 6 satellite. From this experiment we have assessed the technical capability of the satellite fixing system for measuring ocean currents, the ...

Abstract: The problem analysed here is the motion of a drifter acted on by wind, surface and subsurface currents. From the condition of static equilibrium of all drag forces acting on the drifter, the effects of wind and surface ...

Abstract: A description of the near-surface circulation of the eastern North Pacific during 1976?77 is given. The data for the study are obtained from 23 satellite (Nimbus 6) tracked drifters. The large-scale description obtained ...