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Measurement of Surface Currents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

P. G. Collar
P. G. Collar
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(Institute of Oceanographic Sciences)
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Knowledge of surface currents is of fundamental importance in many diverse marine activities; for example in navigation, offshore engineering and operations, and in the prediction and monitoring of the movement of pollutants. In those areas of scientific research directed towards improved understanding of climate, and towards the modelling and prediction of currents, studies of exchanges of heat and momentum between atmosphere and ocean also require detailed knowledge of mean and fluctuating components of near-surface flow.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 327 - 340
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1986

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