Lagrangian Measurement of subsurface poleward Flow between 38 degrees N and 43 degrees N along the West Coast of the United States during Summer, 1993
grl9497.pdf (598.8Kb)Abstract
Subsurface Lagrangian measurements at about
140 m showed that the path of the California Undercurrent lay
next to the continental slope between San Francisco (37.80N)
and St. George Reef (41.8øN) during mid-summer 1993. The
mean speed along this 500k m path was 8 cm-s1 . The flow at
this depth was not disturbed by upwelling centers at Point
Reyes or Cape Mendocino. Results also demonstrate the ability
to acoustically track floats located well above the sound
channel axis along the California coast.