Poleward Flows Along Eastern Ocean Boundaries

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Workshop Summaries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Workshop Summary: Poleward Flow-Observational and Theoretical Issues

      • Christopher N. K. Mooers

      Pages 2-16

   3. Poleward Flows along Eastern Ocean Boundaries: An Introduction and Historical Review

      • Robert L. Smith

      Pages 17-25

   4. Theoretical Understanding of Eastern Ocean Boundary Poleward Undercurrents

      • Allan J. Clarke

      Pages 26-39

   5. Poleward Flow along Eastern Boundaries: What Next?

      • Adriana Huyer

      Pages 40-44

3. Geographical Reports

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. The Atlantic Ocean

      1. The Baroclinic Circulation of the West Spitsbergen Current

         • Robert H. Bourke, Alan M. Weigel

         Pages 47-67

      2. A Brief Sketch of Poleward Flows at the Eastern Boundary of the North Atlantic

         • T. A. McClimans

         Pages 68-75

      3. On the Northeast Atlantic Slope Current

         • J. M. Huthnance, W. J. Gould

         Pages 76-81

      4. The Poleward Undercurrent on the Eastern Boundary of the Subtropical North Atlantic

         • E. D. Barton

         Pages 82-95

      5. The Subsurface Circulation along the Moroccan Slope

         • Ekkehard Mittelstaedt

         Pages 96-109

      6. Poleward Motion in the Benguela Area

         • G. Nelson

         Pages 110-130

   3. The Pacific Ocean

      1. Observations of the Low-Frequency Circulation off the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada

         • Howard J. Freeland

         Pages 132-141

      2. Poleward Flow in the California Current System

         • Adriana Huyer, P. Michael Kosro, Steven J. Lentz, Robert C. Beardsley

         Pages 142-159

      3. Poleward Flow near the Northern and Southern Boundaries of the U.S. West Coast

         • Barbara Hickey

         Pages 160-175

      4. Poleward Flows off Mexico’s Pacific Coast

         • A. Badan-Dangon, J. M. Robles, J. García

         Pages 176-202

      5. An Overview of the Poleward Undercurrent and Upwelling along the Chilean Coast

         • Tomas R. Fonseca

         Pages 203-228

   4. The Indian Ocean

      1. The Leeuwin Current

         • John A. Church, George R. Cresswell, J. Stuart Godfrey

         Pages 230-254

4. Special Topics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255

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In this paper differences and anomalies in west coast seasonal flow structures have been highlighted. In particular, it was emphasized that flow off Washington has significant differences from that of Oregon; namely, during summer, flow at mid-shelf is more poleward off Washington, and during winter, flow on the inner-shelf is more equatorward off Washington than off Oregon. The former result may be related to the poleward decrease in the longshelf wind stress; the latter result may be related to the presence of the Columbia River plume. Off southern California the near-surface flow over the shelf is more persistently equatorward than that off Washington . Conversely, the flow over the slope in the upper 100 m of the water column is more persistently poleward than that off washington. Also, the undercurrent structure, that is, a subsurface maximum, is maintained at least from summer to early winter off southern California (no data are yet available from spring), but only during summer and early fall off washington. We note that the seasonal cycle of vertical shear in the two locations is similar, although a reversal in sign sometimes occurs off Washington. ACKNOWLEDGEMZNTS This work was supported by the Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG05-85ER60333t4 and by the National Science Foundation under Grant OCE 86-01058#1. 175 From: Adriana Huyer, College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. On: Review and Commentary to paper POLEWARD FLOW NEAR TRE NORTRERH AND SOU'l'BERH BOONDARIES OF TRE U. S. WEST COAST, by Barbara Hickey.

• Atlantic Ocean
• Coast
• Indian Ocean
• Meere
• Meeresbiologie
• Ozeanographie
• Pacific Ocean
• biology
• marine biology
• nitrogen
• ocean
• oceanography

• College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

  S. J. Neshyba, R. L. Smith

• Institute for Naval Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, USA

  Ch. N. K. Mooers

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Pacific Grove, USA

  R. T. Barber

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