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Sea currents off the Northumberland coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Frank Evans
Frank Evans
Affiliation:
The Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats
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Observations have been made of the surface currents off the Northumberland coast over a period of 12 months, using a free-floating buoy. A mean vector current was found, setting 114° at o·i knot. Currents flowed into the quadrant to the right of downwind except when this would have directed them ashore. A relationship is established between wind speed and current speed.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , November 1957 , pp. 493 - 499
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1957

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