KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current
Thirty-two RAFOS floats were launched at the depth of intermediate water, near 750 m, in the Benguela Current along 30S and its extension along 7W. The floats were tracked acoustically for two years during 1997-1999. Seven floats looped in three Agulhas Current rings, which drifted west northwestwar...
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ftdtic:ADA416537 2023-05-15T18:21:02+02:00 KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current Richardson, P. L. Pacheco, M. A. Wooding, C. M. WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA 2003-06 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA416537 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA416537 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA416537 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN CURRENTS *EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN VELOCITY FLOATS OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA DRIFT TRAJECTORIES WATER MASSES BENGUELA CURRENT Text 2003 ftdtic 2016-02-21T06:20:52Z Thirty-two RAFOS floats were launched at the depth of intermediate water, near 750 m, in the Benguela Current along 30S and its extension along 7W. The floats were tracked acoustically for two years during 1997-1999. Seven floats looped in three Agulhas Current rings, which drifted west northwestward at a mean velocity of around 5 cm/sec. Floats not in Agulhas rings tended to drift westward at around 2 cm/sec in the latitude band 22S-35S. North of 22S three floats drifted eastward. This report describes the float trajectories and summarizes the main results. These are the first subsurface long-term Lagrangian data in the Benguela Current. Text South Atlantic Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN CURRENTS *EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN VELOCITY FLOATS OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA DRIFT TRAJECTORIES WATER MASSES BENGUELA CURRENT |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN CURRENTS *EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN VELOCITY FLOATS OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA DRIFT TRAJECTORIES WATER MASSES BENGUELA CURRENT Richardson, P. L. Pacheco, M. A. Wooding, C. M. KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography *OCEAN CURRENTS *EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS) *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN VELOCITY FLOATS OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA DRIFT TRAJECTORIES WATER MASSES BENGUELA CURRENT |
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Thirty-two RAFOS floats were launched at the depth of intermediate water, near 750 m, in the Benguela Current along 30S and its extension along 7W. The floats were tracked acoustically for two years during 1997-1999. Seven floats looped in three Agulhas Current rings, which drifted west northwestward at a mean velocity of around 5 cm/sec. Floats not in Agulhas rings tended to drift westward at around 2 cm/sec in the latitude band 22S-35S. North of 22S three floats drifted eastward. This report describes the float trajectories and summarizes the main results. These are the first subsurface long-term Lagrangian data in the Benguela Current. |
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Richardson, P. L. Pacheco, M. A. Wooding, C. M. |
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KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current |
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KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current |
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KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current |
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KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current |
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KAPEX RAFOS Float Data Report 1997-1999 Part B: Float Trajectories at 750 m in the Benguela Current |
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kapex rafos float data report 1997-1999 part b: float trajectories at 750 m in the benguela current |
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