Major Currents Off the West Coasts of North and South America

• Main Author: Boisvert, William E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; MEASUREMENT; COASTAL REGIONS; MOTION; BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; FLUID FLOW; NORTH AMERICA; ALASKA GULF; VELOCITY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE HORN; GRAPHS(CHARTS); UPWELLING; Bering Sea; Pacific; Cape Horn; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0866656; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0866656

The descriptions of eight principal currents in this report are based on data obtained by direct methods in regions from the Bering Sea to Cape Horn. Except for the Peru and Cape Horn Currents, surface flows appear to be ill defined and exhibit characteristic variability. The usual graphic presentation of ocean currents is, at best, a static picture. The surface of the ocean is in constant motion, the movement being exceedingly variable in some regions and relatively constant in others. The currents described in this report are those where the movement within specified boundaries exhibits a permanent or seasonal flow. Errata sheet inserted.