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Pacific Area Current Charts.

Kenneth A. Mooney, Alan D. Summy

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Abstract : A monthly mean sea current was calculated for the west coast of the United States and the Hawaiian Islands area on a spatial grid of 1 deg by 1 deg. These mean geostrophic velocities were computer generated from dynamic height data obtained from the National Oceanographic Data Center. A method employing two-dimensional spline fits of spatially and temporally random hydrographic data was developed to determine the monthly averaged geostrophic currents. (Author)

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Key concepts: Geostrophic current, Geostrophic wind, Hydrography, Current (fluid), Hydrographic survey, Dynamic height, Geodesy, Oceanography