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Coastal current observations
Author(s) -
Winant Clinton D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg017i001p00089
Subject(s) - current (fluid) , forcing (mathematics) , oceanography , environmental science , climatology , meteorology , ocean current , field (mathematics) , geology , remote sensing , geography , mathematics , pure mathematics
A number of field observations of coastal currents have been recently reported. Using for the most part data acquired with moored current meters, these have allowed the determination of the spectrum of coastal currents in a broad frequency band, corresponding to periods ranging from 1 cycle/month to 1 cpm, in a wide variety of geomorphological settings and climates. In addition to such statistical descriptions of the current field, certain of these observations are such as to allow the effects of different driving forces, such as seasonal and short‐term meteorological forcing, adjoining ocean current systems, and tides, to be studied separately, providing required information for the development of reliable models of coastal currents.