Gulf of Mexico physical oceanography program final report: year 4. Volume 2. Technical report

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5318416

The particular program, the Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program, has two primary goals: (1) develop a better understanding and description of conditions and processes governing Gulf circulation; and, (2) establish a data base that could be used as initial and boundary conditions by a companion MMS-funded numerical circulation-modeling program. The program participants undertook the following primary scientific efforts during Program Year 4: (1) kinematic and hydrographic characterizations of Loop Current boundary features, e.g., waves, filaments, or perturbations; (2) comparative kinematics and dynamics of the Loop Current and a Loop Current eddy as indicated by drifting buoy trajectories; and (3) further discrimination and characterization of West Florida Shelf circulation patterns, e.g., inertial currents, wind, and Loop Current forced currents.

• Research Organization: Science Applications International Corp., Raleigh, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5318416
• Report Number(s): PB-88-170782/XAB; SAIC-87/1027
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--88-170402
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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