California Shelf Physical Oceanography Circulation Model. Appendix B: Diagnostic Model Results B.1 Seasonal Horizontal Maps

摘要

The climatological currents over the California Shelf have been computed using a General Circulation Model in conjunction with the observed density and wind stress distributions. The appendix documents on a seasonal basis those currents and the data products involved in their computation. Horizontal maps are the view presented here. Seasonal distributions are shown for the three-month seasons defined as Winter - December + January + February, Spring - March + April + May, Summer - June + July + August, and Fall - September + October + November. Distributions of the total transport, surface elevation, bottom currents as well as current temperature, salinity and density distributions at 2 m, 50 m, 100 m, 200 m and 1000 m depth are displayed. The reader is referred to the main body of the report for details concerning the compilation and synthesis of the data and for a general discussion of the circulation.