Physical Measurements of Water Properties Across the Mouth of the Gulf of California during April 2013 (PESCAR24)
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Rago, Thomas A.
Castro-Valdez, Ruben
Margolina, Tetyana
Blum, Marguerite
Wheeler, Ashley
Collins, Curtis A.
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2013-11Metadata
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Hydrographic data were collected in Pescadero Basin (at the entrance to the Gulf of California) and subsequently along
the West Coast of Baja California and Southern and Central California on R/V Point Sur from 19 April to 2 May 2013.
Objectives of data collection were to measure both the exchange of waters between the Pacific Ocean and Gulf if
California and the variation of water properties in the California Undercurrent as it transported water along the 1000 m
isobaths to the north. The purpose of this report is to provide summary listings of cruise data, a description of data
collection and processing procedures, and a brief report of oceanographic conditions. Data collection included profiles
of conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, nutrients and ocean currents at fixed stations as well as underway
observations of sea surface and atmospheric properties and ocean currents. In contrast to previous observations of
cyclonic flow, a well-defined pattern of anticyclonic flow of upper waters was observed in Pescadero Basin with flow
into the Gulf of California and flow into the pacific along Sinaloa.
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Prepared for: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Dirección General de Cooperación Técnica y Científica, México, D.F.
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