Calculation of mean seasonal sea surface elevation fields over the North Atlantic continental shelf and slope using historical hydrostation data
Citable URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9558Location
Continental shelfDOI
10.1575/1912/9558Keyword
Atmospheric pressureAbstract
This report details the calculation and results of a
simple coastal elevation field model which was presented in
a recent paper (Csanady, 1979). Seasonal mean sea surface
elevation fields were calculated over the shelf-slope region
off the east coast of North America north of Cape Hatteras
by applying the model to a grid of averaged sigma-t's at
standard depths. The sigma-t grid was calculated utilizing
a data base of approximately 30,000 hydrographic stations
from NODC archives. Difficulties involved with the numerical
implementation of the model and economizing adaptations to
the WHOI NODC data processing program, OCCOMP, are discussed.