Structure and kinematics of the permanent oceanic front off the Oregon coast

Graduation date: 1964Using the hydrographic data collected by the ACONA from June\ud 1961 to May 1963, the Oregon coastal front has been examined. Representative\ud sigma-t surfaces were chosen to delineate the front, and\ud changes in position of these surfaces with time were used to obtain\ud zonal flow rates for the frontal and surface layers.\ud From May to early October upwelling resulted in offshore flow.\ud Onshore flow was indicated from late October to January, and indeterminate\ud zonal flow occurred during the remainder of the year. Flow\ud within the front agreed with these surface flows in ten of the fourteen\ud observational periods