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Calculation of wind-driven surface currents in the North Atlantic OceanCalculations to simulate the wind driven near surface currents of the North Atlantic Ocean are described. The primitive equations were integrated on a finite difference grid with a horizontal resolution of 2.5 deg in longitude and latitude. The model ocean was homogeneous with a uniform depth of 100 m and with five levels in the vertical direction. A form of the rigid-lid approximation was applied. Generally, the computed surface current patterns agreed with observed currents. The development of a subsurface equatorial countercurrent was observed.
Document ID
19760019695
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Authors
Rees, T. H. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Turner, R. E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1976
Subject Category
Oceanography
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TN-D-8223
L-10740
Accession Number
76N26783
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 176-30-31-00
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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