Mean structure of the inshore countercurrent and California undercurrent of Point Sur, California
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Collins, C.A.
Garfield, N.
Rago, T.A.
Rischmiller, F.W.
Carter, E.
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2000
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Velocity and hydrographic data collected in the upper kilometer of the water column on 19
bi-monthly cruises along a 225 km section o! Point Sur, California, from April 1988 to April
1991 are used to describe the mean conditions. The transition between the poleward flowing inshore countercurrents and the equatorward flowing California Current occurred about 100 km from the coast. The magnitude of the vertically averaged flow associated with the core of the inshore flow was 4.2 cm s~1, and its direction, 3103T, was parallel to the topography south of Pt Sur. Maximum #ow, 10 cm s~1, was observed at 100 m next to the coast. The associated volume and heat fluxes were 2.9 Sv and 0.6]1014 W.
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Oceanography
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Deep-Sea Research II, Volume 47, (2000), pp. 765-782
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.