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contributor authorDe Marsigli, L. F.
contributor authorGerstell, M. F.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:51:16Z
date available2017-06-09T14:51:16Z
date copyright1995/01/01
date issued1995
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-28240.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4165335
description abstractSeawater movements are of three kinds: currents, waves, and tides. Observations were made five times a day for three and one-quarter months in the Strait of Cassis. Mariners' reports of a westward current outlining the Mediterranean coast of Europe are shown to be in error. Deep currents are seen, but even surface currents do not respond predictably to the wind. Wave height is proportional to wind stress. The suggestion of Robert Boyle that surface wave amplitude cannot exceed six feet is roughly correct. Higher waves were occasionally observed either where waves feel the ground or where different wave trains converge. The ebb and flow of the tide was unobservable at the location selected. Little about the motions of seawater can be established until some prince supports simultaneous observations at an ensemble of locations.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleL'Histoire Physique de la Mer. Part III: On the Motions of Seawater
typeJournal Paper
journal volume25
journal issue1
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1995)025<0005:LPDLMP>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage5
journal lastpage7
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1995:;Volume( 025 ):;issue: 001
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