Santa Barbara Channel Circulation Model and Field Study. Appendix E: Observational-Computational Data Comparison. E.2: Time Series and Spectra

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. A set of current meter moorings was maintained in the interior of the Santa Barbara Channel during the Main Program partially for purposes of comparison with model results. The locations and depths of the moorings are included in the report. The prognostic calculations for equivalent periods are interpolated to the current meter locations. The first set of time series comparisons consists of pairs of plots displaying the same information in slightly different formats. The second plot shows the components of current velocity and the temperature and salinity, both observations and calculations, on the same axis, east and north are positive. The second group of data products are pairs of time and frequency correlations for the observational and computational currents.