directions and speeds of Davidson and California currents 







Dreuailing curren 





second 



ry currents 





region 







mn. 



max. 





mn. 



max. 



total 



A. 40°-48°N 



dir 



% 



knots 



dir, % 



kr 



ots 



obs. 



JAN 



N 



31 



0.6 



1.9 



S 16 



0.5 



1.1 



178 



FEB 



N 



29 



0.6 



1.6 



E 19 

 S 17 



0.5 

 0.4 



1.3 

 0.9 



182 



MAR 



S 



40 



0.6 



2.2 



N 19 



0.5 



2.0 



692 



APR 



S 



39 



0.7 



1.8 



SE 15 



0.6 



1.8 



162 



MAY 



S 



48 



0.6 



2.0 



N 12 



0.5 



1.6 



711 



JUN 



S 



31 



0.6 



1.6 



SE 17 



0.6 



1.1 



148 



JUL 



S 



48 



0.7 



1.6 



SE 14 



0.5 



1.6 



152 



AUG 



S 



39 



0.7 



1.6 



N 13 



0.5 



0.8 



126 



SEP 



S 



31 



0.6 



1.6 



E 20 



0.4 



0.6 



133 



OCT 



S 



23 



0.5 



1.5 



E 13 



0.5 



1.0 



143 





N 



23 



0.5 



1.2 



W 10 



0.4 



0.6 



— 



NOV 



N 



38 



0.5 



1.7 



S 23 



0.4 



1.1 



583 



DEC 



N 



28 



0.6 



1.4 



S 19 



0.4 



0.9 



157 



B. 32°-40°N 









JAN 



N 



17 



0.5 



1.7 



other directions 





622 





S 



16 



0.5 



1.4 



less than 





16% 



— 



FEB 



N 



18 



0.5 



1.4 









565 





S 



14 



0.4 



1.3 



less than 





14% 



— 



JUL 



S 



25 



0.4 



1.3 



less than 





13% 



529 



AUG 



N 



20 



0.5 



1.3 









496 





N 



16 



0.5 



1.4 



less than 





13% 



— 



J L 



J L 



J L 



Figure 6. Boundaries, directions and speeds of the Davidson Current. 

 (From Naval Oceanographic Office, Ref. 28) (1 knot ^ 0.5 m/sec) 



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