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Wong, F.L., and Eittreim, S.E., 2001, Continental shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 01-179

Temperature and Currents from Instrument Moorings, Monterey Bay

The following graphs are summaries of the temperature and current data collected between August 1996 and April 1998 at locations DP1, DP2, and DP3 (Xu and others, 2001).

mooring locations

Temperatures at indicated depths for each mooring:

graph of change in temperature Top

Six-hour-averaged subtidal current vectors at various depths at mooring DP1. "Up" is upcoast (48 degrees west of north):

graph of currents at DP1 Top

Six-hour-averaged subtidal current vectors at various depths at mooring DP2. "Up" is upcoast (48 degrees west of north):

graph of currents at DP2 Top

Six-hour-averaged subtidal current vectors at various depths at mooring DP3. "Up" is upcoast (48 degrees west of north):

graph of currents at DP3 Top

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Created: June 5, 2001
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