Ca. Collins et al., LAGRANGIAN MEASUREMENT OF SUBSURFACE POLEWARD FLOW BETWEEN 38-DEGREES-N AND 43-DEGREES-N ALONG THE WEST-COAST OF THE UNITED-STATES DURING SUMMER, 1993, Geophysical research letters, 23(18), 1996, pp. 2461-2464
Subsurface Lagrangian measurements al about 140 m showed that the path
of the California Undercurrent lay next to the continental slope betw
een San Francisco (37.8 degrees N) and St. George Reef (41.8 degrees N
) during mid-summer 1993. The mean speed along this 500 ion path was 8
cms(-1). The flow at this depth was not disturbed by upwelling center
s at Point Reyes or Cape Mendocino. Results also demonstrate the abili
ty to acoustically track floats located well above the sound channel a
xis along the California coast.