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NCCCS  

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  • Experiment: Northern California Coastal Circulation Study Funding Agency: MMS (Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service) Contractor: EG&G Washington Analytical Services Center, Inc. Dates: 1986 - 1989 Location: San Francisco to Oregon Data acquired during experiment: CTD measurements (NCCCS/ctd) Moored current data (NCCCS/current meters) XBT (NCCCS/wecoma and NCCCS/xbt) Bottom pressure data (NCCCS/pressure) Lagrangian drifter data (NCCCS/drifters) Sea-level data (see /NOS) The Northern California Circulation Study (NCCCS), supported by the Minerals Management Service, is a 5-year physical oceanography program to describe the circulation on the continental shelf and upper slope between San Francisco and the Oregon border. This study will result in an improved description and understanding od circulation features, particularly near-surface currents. The general objectives of the NCCCS are: -- To obtain high-quality direct and indirect measurements of currents on the shelf and upper slope, with adequate temporal and spatial resolution to describe the pricipal advective processes. -- To describe the circulation in statistical terms, including mean current patterns, seasonal and shorter-term variability, vertical structure, and response to forcing. -- To characterize the circulation in terms of dynamic processes. For each process, such as wind forcing, an assessment of the primary driving force, response sensitivity, spatial pattern, momentum balance, and advective displacement scale is required. (Bruce A. Magnell, EG&G Geos) For more information, link to " http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/zoo/" (en)

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