Abstract: Observations of horizontal currents and temperature made along a mid-shelf isobath during the summer on the Southern California shelf are used to determine longshore coherent length scales. The observations are characterized ...

Abstract: The Santa Barbara Channel is a region characterized by coupled interaction between the lower-level atmosphere, the underlying ocean, and the elevated topography of the coastline. The nature of these interactions and the ...

Abstract: Four sets of current measurements made in water depths ranging between 28 and 38 m over periods ranging from three to five weeks are examined and compared. The response of the water column to wind forcing is examined by ...

Abstract: Two possible mechanisms which may drive the observed mean alongshelf flow in the Mid-Atlantic Bight are described. Runoff from concentrated sources could conceivably force this flow; however, the one-layer homogeneous model ...

Abstract: Subinertial currents on the southern California shelf are investigated using observations from a current meter array deployed near San Diego during the summer, fall and winter of 1978/79. This region is characterized by ...

Abstract: During the spring and summer, northerly winds driven by the North Pacific high pressure system are prevalent over the Northern California continental shelf, only interrupted for periods of a few days, when weak or southerly ...

Abstract: oored current and pressure observations were obtained at Bahía Concepción, a semienclosed bay located on the eastern side of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, to describe the wind-driven subinertial circulation. In ...