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An investigation of tidal and nontidal current patterns in Western Hawk Channel, Florida Keys
| Title: | An investigation of tidal and nontidal current patterns in Western Hawk Channel, Florida Keys. |
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| Name(s): |
Pitts, Patrick A., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1997 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 10 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3331926 (digitool), FADT3331926 (IID), fau:6157 (fedora), 10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00025-3 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Current and wind data collected during the summer of 1992 and the fall and winter of 1993–1994 are used to characterize near-bottom flow patterns at a study site in Hawk Channel southwest of Key West. Currents are dominated by along-channel motions with low-frequency reversals occurring over time scales of 2–3 weeks. A seaward deflection of along-channel flow is apparent in both records. Harmonic analysis indicates that tidal co-oscillations contribute 6–10% and 48–70% of the total variance of the along-channel and across-channel currents, respectively. Spectral analysis indicates a close coupling between along-channel wind stress and along-channel currents at periodicities of 2–3 days. A comparison of across-channel winds and across-channel currents suggests an inverse relationship indicating an upwind return flow of near-bottom currents. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02784343 and may be cited as: Pitts, P. A. (1997). An investigation of tidal and nontidal current patterns in Western Hawk Channel, Florida Keys. Continental Shelf Research, 17(13), 1679-1687. doi:10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00025-3 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1184. |
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| Subject(s): |
Tidal currents Water currents--Measurement Florida Keys (Fla.) Winds |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331926 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00025-3 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1997 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
