Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
Also published as: Journal of Geophysical Research 86 (1981): 1969-1977
Description:
The response of the horizontal velocity field to forcing by the local wind was observed in the upper 150
m of the ocean by profiling with vector measuring current meters from the Research Platform Flip as it
drifted off the coast of California in January 1977. In the mixed layer, approximately 50 m deep, motion
at frequencies lower than 0.1 cph was coherent with the wind stress. Rotary cross spectral analysis
showed that the shear in the surface layer was related to the local wind stress and that the structure of the
response at low frequencies was similar to but did not agree completely with the predictions of simple
linear, eddy viscosity models.
Description:
Prepared for the. Office of Naval Research under Contract
N00014-75-C-0152.
Keywords:
Winds
;
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
