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Near-bottom cross-shelf heat flux along central Florida's Atlantic shelf break: winter months

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Date Issued:
1987
Title: Near-bottom cross-shelf heat flux along central Florida's Atlantic shelf break: winter months.
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Name(s): Smith, Ned P., creator
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1987
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Extent: 9 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3172970 (digitool), FADT3172970 (IID), fau:5714 (fedora), 10.1029/JC092iC10p10845 (doi)
Note(s): Near-bottom current and temperature data from a 154-day period in winter 1984–1985 are combined to investigate cross-shelf heat fluxes along central Florida's Atlantic coast between. Temperature and current time series recorded at the shelf break exhibit considerable variability over time scales of the order of 1–2 weeks. Low-frequency temperature fluctuations, superimposed onto a seasonal cooling, decrease from south to north. Cross-shelf motion results in little net displacement but results in considerable net shoreward displacement. Cross-shelf heat flux is shoreward at all study sites, but values decrease approximately linearly from south to north. The study shows that a shoreward flux of relatively cool water can continue through winter months in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral.
An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. This publication may be cited as: Smith, N. P. (1987). Near-bottom cross-shelf heat flux along central Florida's Atlantic shelf break: winter months. Journal of Geophysical Research, 92(C10), 10,845-10,852. doi:10.1029/JC092iC10p10845
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #568.
Subject(s): Ocean currents
Ocean temperature
Heat --Transmission
Seasons
Time-series analysis
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172970
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/JC092iC10p10845
Restrictions on Access: ©1987 American Geophysical Union
Host Institution: FAU