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- Title
Assessment of the Water-Following Capabilities of CODE Drifters Based on Direct Relative Flow Measurements.
- Authors
Poulain, Pierre-Marie; Gerin, Riccardo
- Abstract
Direct measurements of the relative water flow near the top and bottom of Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE) drifters were made in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in wind speeds as large as 15 m s−1. These measurements confirmed that the CODE drifter is a good Lagrangian drifter with a mean downwind slip of about 0.1% of the wind speed. Substantial mean vertical shears across the drifter (top 1 m below the surface) were observed, reaching an amplitude of 12 cm s−1 and corresponding to strong stratification (due to the proximity of river runoff) and strong winds.
- Subjects
PACIFIC Ocean; MEDITERRANEAN Sea; BUOYANT ascent (Hydrodynamics); LITHOSPHERE; FLOW measurement
- Publication
Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 4, p621
- ISSN
0739-0572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0097.1