Ocean Surface Current Simulations in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (OSCURS-Numerical Model)

摘要

A surface ocean current model, OSCURS (Ocean Surface CURrent Simulations), has been developed as a tool in ecosystem-fisheries-oceanographic research. Wind and ocean surface drift are computed from historic daily sea level pressure fields (1946 to 1987) on a 40X104 grid over the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Total flow is the vector sum of long-term baroclinic geostrophic flow (0/2000 db) and surface wind drift. Model outputs include daily vector current fields or progressive vector drift tracks from any selected location over any selected time period.