Continental margin atmospheric climatology and sea level (Historical setting 1974--1975) [electronic resource]
From the many continental shelf dynamics studies which have been made in the past decade, it has become increasingly apparent that a detailed analysis of continental margin waters can only be accomplished with an appreciation of the coastal meteorology. Fortunately, coastal meteorological and, in ad...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1978.
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| Summary: | From the many continental shelf dynamics studies which have been made in the past decade, it has become increasingly apparent that a detailed analysis of continental margin waters can only be accomplished with an appreciation of the coastal meteorology. Fortunately, coastal meteorological and, in addition, coastal sea level data have been archived and thus provide coastal oceanographers with inexpensive, priceless and complimentary data sets. Past coastal sea level studies have demonstrated that these data contain not only tidal data but also sub-inertial frequency information which measurably details shelf reesponse to atmospheric forcing. Additionally, a particular region, such as the South Atlantic Bight, can be characterized by the statistics of the temporal spectra of both data sets as well by the alonshore coherences which may exist between stations. In this study, atmospheric wind and pressure have been examined and correlated with coastal sea level changes at various coastal stations along the South Atlantic Bight. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 02/01/1978. "sro-902-8" Pietrafesa, L.J.; D'Amato, R.; Gabriel, C.; Sawyer, R.J. Jr. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA). Center for Marine and Coastal Studies. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 300 : digital, PDF file. |