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1. Coastal upweLlingr »(hich is quite prcnouncea along the 

 Pacific coastr is a consequence of offshore transports of 

 this type and can occur along any coastline/' given the 

 appropriate wind stress. 



2. Coastal circulation patterns/ such as those described by 

 Armstrong- for the western Gulf of Mexico/ are strongly 

 influenced by variations in Ekman transport. 



The position of water nasses and their boundaries/ such 



Shelf Water/Slope Water front along the Atlantic 



..^enced by wind driven transports. As a 



the distribution of pelagic fishes also may be 



Q^ them tend to associate with 



especially in frontal areas. 



3. 



as the 



coast/ are influenced 



consequ eo ce/ 



influenced because many 



particular water masses/ 



4. The efficiency of productivity cycles and their timing 

 in a particular location may depend a great deal on the 

 presence or absence of specific water masses/ whose movement 

 may depend largely on wind driven transport. 



The data portrayals presented here are drawn from among the suite 

 of parameters computed from monthly average pressure distribu- 

 tions.' Figures 12. 1-12. A graphically display mean monthly Ekman 

 transport values for 1976 and for a 10-yr base period/ taken from 

 an alternate 3-deg grid for the Atlantic and a 3-dea grid for the 

 Gulf of Mexico. Table 12.1 contains the corresponding zonal and 

 meridional transport values- 



In order to provide a more complete set of data for studies in 

 areas not well represented by the locations selected for 

 Figures 12.1-12.4/ the 1976 mean monthly and 10-yr monthly mean 

 zonal and meridional trans^o^t values for all points on the 3-deg 

 grid in the mapped areas are portrayed in Appendix 12.1. 



^ Arms t rong x 

 salinity and 

 Texas Outer 

 Oceanography/ 

 Galveston/ TX 



R. S. 1976, 

 circulation. 

 Continental 

 p. 43-51. 

 77550. 



Seasonal cycle of temperature/ 



In Environmental Studies of the South 



Shelf/ 1975/ Vol. 11/ Physical 



Gulf Fisheries Center/ NMFS/ NOAA/ 



^Data provided by Pacific Environmental Group/ National Marine 

 Fisheries Service/ NOAA/ Monterey/ CA V3940. 



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