Anticyclonic Flow Around the Hawaiian Islands Indicated by Current Meter Data
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Vol. 4 (4) , 673-676
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1974)004<0673:afathi>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The resultant flow calculated from 42 current meter measurements near the Hawaiian Islands for different periods of from two to six weeks between October 1964 and May 1969 indicate nearshore anticyclonic circulation around the Islands. Two possible mechanisms generating this flow are considered: steady currents induced by oscillations around the Islands and the cyclonic shear imposed on the local trade winds by the Islands.Keywords
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