Abstract:

An educational web-based ocean current reference site is being constructed. Each major ocean current has a listing of important links, text and data plots. The text provides a detailed summary of observed velocities, transport, salinity, temperature, water mass characteristics, and seasonal variability for each current. Data plots include average and seasonal surface current fields derived from ship-drift, sea surface temperature maps, near-surface drifter trajectories, topographic maps, geography, video clips, circulation schematics, and output from numerical simulations by the HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling. Examples for the Atlantic Ocean will be presented. A glossary of oceanographic terms, a tutorial on ocean circulation, a primer on ocean current observations, and a description of oceanography as a career are also on the site.

Reference:

An Educational Web-Based Ocean Current Site. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, B. Bischof, J. Gyory, ASLO/TOS 2004 Ocean Research Conference, February 15-20, 2004, (SS10.03, 412).

Links:
SS10.03, 412