Panama-Polynesia XBT tracks

Panama-Polynesia XBT tracks

A few plots showing some results based on the Panama-Polynesia XBT tracks
  1. Profile locations and track definitions (red)
  2. Mean temperature
  3. Mean implied salinity (via T-S relation)   T-S relations
  4. Mean cross-track geostrophic speed   Speed overlaid on temperature
  5. Annual cycle of geostrophic speed at 200-250m (Tsuchiya Jet level)

Other relevant pages:
Winds
Quikscat
Rossby model
Sverdrup Balance
Bv=fwz page
Mountain-gap winds (NSCAT!)
Talk pages: AGU  Feb 01 talks

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