Santa Barbara Channel Circulation Model and Field Study. Appendix E: Observational-Computational Data Comparison. E.1: Horizontal Distributions

摘要

The research program consists of a Main Program spanning 1984 to provide a complete physical oceanographic description of the Channel both spatially and temporally. Comparisons between horizontal distributions of observational and computational data are possible in several forms. Since the majority of moorings have current meters at or near the 30 meter depth, plots of these observed currents have been plotted for comparison with the model predictions for 30 meters. The second grouping of products are monthly and seasonal averages of the same quantities. Another comparison of horizontal distributions is provided by the hydrographic surveys which were performed during the calculation period. Following the hydrographic distributions are the distributions of transport, elevation, wind stress and heat flux at the surface and the predicted currents at corresponding depths. The reader is referred to the main body of the report for details concerning the compilation and synthesis of the results and for a general discussion of the calculation.