The geopotential anomalies and the average meridional geostrophic
flow off Newport, Oregon, were computed from the data taken
during twenty-one hydrographic cruises.
The annual average of geopotential anomaly was 1.31 dynamic
meters with a seasonal variation of the order of 14 dynamic centimeters.
Highest values of geopotential anomaly occurred in September;
lowest values occurred in April. Both the highest and lowest
value of geopotential anomaly occurred at 105 nautical miles offshore.
The currents found by dynamic computation were weak and irregular,
generally 5 cm/sec or less. The direction of the average
meridional geostrophic flow varied with season. Within 105 nautical
miles of the coast, flow was southward in summer, northward in
winter. Beyond 105 nautical miles from the coast, flow directions reversed,
that is, flow was northward in summer and southward in
winter. / Graduation date: 1967
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/28142 |
| Date | 25 April 1967 |
| Creators | Lee, Kuo-heng |
| Contributors | Pattullo, June G. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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