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AD-AOSS 443 NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE MiTL STATION MS Ffl 8/3SURFACE CURRENTS. NORTHEAST CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. (U)Nov fl

UNCLASSIFIED MOO-P103SP-3 N

ENDo

7 80

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'1 11 112

I2.2,0 2*U0I'll' m l.8

jjj1 511111-

MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDb 1963 A

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-NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE SPECIAL PUBLICATIOlt -403-S P 3

SURFACE CURRENTS ®1VLNORTHEAST CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN

WOE forW OW 1W 10 12r fo o

NOVEMBER 1977 DTIC

0)Q REPRINTED 198 ELET0

rilS DDLM is RST QUALITY FBaT!CAIL3

?U= C Fl T oIIS~ TO DCDC T1L~lM k

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC AtlAE ITIUINUN5101W-I:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYNSTL STATION MISSISSIPPI 39522 80 6 9 199~

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ABSTRACTTHIS ATLAS,* AND THE SERIES OF WHICH IT IS A PART, IS COM-

PUTER GENERATED AND AUT014ATICALLY PLOTTED * IT HAUES AVAILABL.E TOTHE USER THE MOST RECENT SURFACE CURRENT DATA COLLECTED AND WILL BEUPDATED WHENEVER SUFFICIENT AMOUNUTS OF DATA ARE ADDED TO THE DATAFILE.* THIS AND THE OTHE ATLASES ARE BASED ON A VAST QUANTITY OFDATA AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS MANUALLY- COMPILED EDITIONS PRINTEDIN THE MID-THIRTIES.

THE SURFACE CURRENT INFoRMATION is EASED mMNY on SHIPDRIFT, WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEAD RECONIN POSITIONAND THE POSITION DETERMINED BY ANY TYPE OF NAVIGATIONAL FIX.THIS DIFFERENCE DESCRIBES THE DIRECTION AND SPEED OF THE CURRENT.

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DISCLAIMER NOTICE

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PRACTICABLE. THE COPY FURNISHED

TO DTIC CONTAINED A SIGNIFICANT

NUMBER OF PAGES WHICH DO NOT

REPRODUCE LEGIBLY.

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SURFACE CURRENTS

NORTHEAST CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC OCEA

/

NOVin77

[APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED.]

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE

NSTL STATION, MISSISSIPPI 39522

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l Ndf-SP- 14 3-SP-3,

:ACE CURRENTS.

ENTRAL SOUTH-PACIFIC OCEAN.

?4NO- 77

FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED

-L OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE

STATION, MISSISSIPPI 39522

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ACKN~OWLEDGMENTS

Messrs. Raymond J. Beauchesne* and William E. Boisvertmade major contributions to this atlas.

*Mr. Beauchesne presently is employed by the Bureau ofNaval Personnel.

viX-

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FOREWORD

THIS ATLAS, ONE IN A SERIES OF 43 REGIONAL SURFA]IS PRODUCED TO FULFILL A NEED OF NAVY PLANNING STAFFS AND IINDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES FOR THE LATEST AVAILABLE OCEAN SURF1THESE ATLASES ADD TO THE WEALTH OF NAUTICAL INFORMATION Ul>.TIONAL PLANNING, NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY, AND SHIPPING ECONOMY,PRODLCTION AND WIDE DISSEMINATION OF THIS ATLAS ARE MADE FLATEST COMPUTER TECHNIQUES.

THE CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF SURFARECEIVED OVER'THE YEARS IS MADE POSSIBLE LARGELY BY THE MOJOF VOLUNTARY OBSERVERS IN RECENT YEARS. THE DEFENSE MAPPIOCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE, AND THE USER OF THE ATLASES RELY ONSERVATIONS OF THE MAN WHO hAS "BEEN THERE." MARINERS, INOBSERVATIONS, RENDER A SERVICE NOT ONLY TO THEMSELVES BUTGO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS." WITH THE ADVENT OF NUCLEARNAVIGATION AIDS, AND 300,000-TON SHIPS, UP-TO-DATE, RAPIDLENVIRONMENTAL AND NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION HAS BECOME INCRI

JON R. 'IcDONI...

Coiimander

I

a .1,*

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FOREWORDAS, ONE IN A SERIES OF 43 REGIONAL SURFACE CURRENT ATLASES,FILL A NEED OF NAVY PLANNING STAFFS AND THE SCIENTIFIC ANDTIES FOR THE LATEST AVAILABLE OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT DATA.TO THE WEALTH OF NAUTICAL INFORMATION UPON WHICH OPERA-AVIGATIONAL SAFETY, AND SHIPPING ECONOMY DEPEND. RAPIDE DISSEMINATION OF THIS ATLAS ARE MLADE POSSIBLE BY THECHNIQUES.

TANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF SURFACE CURRENT DATAYEARS IS MADE POSSIBLE LARGELY BY THE MORE THOROUGH REPORTSVERS IN RECENT YEARS. THE DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY, THECE, AND THE USER OF THE ATLASES RELY ON THE PERSONAL OB-MAN WHO hAS "BEEN THERE." MARINERS, IN REPORTING THEIR,ER A SERVICE NOT ONLY TO THEMSELVES BUT ALSO TO ALL "WHOIN SHIPS." WITH THE ADVENT OF NUCLEAR POWER, ELECTRONIC

ND 300,000-TON SHIPS, UP-TO-DATE, RAPIDLY DISSEMINATEDNAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.

/J11N R. 11cDON1NELLCaptain, U.S. Navy AMCEONfCojimanderACEIOfr

NTS White Section op

DOC Buff Section 0UNNOUNCED 13JUSTIFICATION

ByUmIAV IJE. 5

Dist. AVAIL and/or lI%.

WON,-

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SURFACE CURRENT ATLASESTHIS SERIES OF COMPUTERIZED ATLASES REPLACES THEf olDi HYDRO 'RAPDIL -I'F:

ATLASES OF SU'RFACE CURRENTS (HOP 566, 568, 569, 570) Wi(li W ERE LANU'ALLYCOMPILED FROM DATA OBTAINED DURING ThE PERIOD 1903 - 19 34. 1HESE N51W A I 4SI' "ACONFORM TO THE STANDIARD) NAVY OCEAN AREA AND REG;ION INDE.K LIM ITS SHOWl'N BELot;: Ne.g. .,NOO SP 1402-NP 10 COVERS NORTH PACIF IC REGION 10 EAST OF TM.HL PIU

REC ENT IMPROVE12* NTS I % THi. DATFA F 11. 1: ASSURE THE I Ni. LI'S ION o F I HE LATE ST.H IGIH OUALI rY SIR FAGT FCURRE:NT DATA AVA ILABLE1. rH F FILE Now LO0NTAIN rXs ORTHAN A ,200,000 OBSERVATIONS AND A GENERAL UP1)ATF OF THE FILE WI LI. BE kMAl)E

INDEX400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 160* E 1800 1600 W 1400 1200 1000

1402 1402 -41402600

CNP 8 NP

11022 140221140

20 A-60

INIIN 2 .0 NP To 14031 NP 12 NP 13 10

14Al0 10 431403 1403

400 - N 3 IN7 4 5N8 SP 2 SP6 3 sp

OCEAN AREA SURFAC CURREN ATLASES0 1403

400 140 NORT A6ANI OCEAN , 4S 5S s p

600 SP 1401 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEANSP 1402 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

SP 1403 SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANSP 1404 INDIAN OCEAN

400 600 800 1000 120* 1400 1600 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 81

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IRFACE CURRENT ATLASESIT t.1 S A2!,)tNTS , Q' "4' T'AP KARR.A '' ,. Si iK' ±Y 12 -

-.AS S THESf ; RAPHICS MAY No1 8E I .;A lY Civ...Ot: AR[LAS AS TI!E NORTll SEA, PERSIAN 424. 21 iKA...,i L.'lIM.S. CURRENTS AR SIRONyI.Y TIDAL. FoR S2 H Ail ,I w..I:I

PRFI- L .I . hl RLY CHANGES kif rl DAL .RCSN > . .'i .>.

INDEX1800 1600 W 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 00 200

1400 ff1400

NA I NA 2

C1402 1400 100 .'o 600

IP 5 7XNP 6 NA A NA 5

,11400NP 8 NP 9 N A7N

1402 1402 1400 10

200P 11 NP 12 N 3N. A1

1403400

1 L W I 20014031431014111

P140 NORTH AT4NTI OCEAN0140

S 1401 SUTHCECRN ATLANTIE

SP 1402 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

SP 1403 SOUTH PACIFIC OCEANSP 1404 INDIAN OCEAN

1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 00 200

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Introduction f there are 1 r rr, t,,~ rtt an t I,

The Surface Current Data File. from which these atlases are derived, consists primarilvof over fouz million ship set aid drift observations. These data were collected bv the

Netherlands, Japan, Britain, France, and the United States. The file is supplemented

by sever3l thousand Geomagnetic Electrokinetograph (GEK) observations, mostly Japanese.

The file spans the period from the early 1850's to the present. The earliest observa- "5

tions were collected by the Netherlands and Great Britair; those of the 1960's through o\

the present are primarily United States data. Nes

General Quality 41

The quality of this data file is considered high for this type of derived value. The -7 I/

data have been carefully screened for duplication; ^oIrvations taken under adverse

conditions (i.e. high winds and waves, time between observations greater than 1 hours) W

have been eliminated wthen warranted. Consideration was given to the reliabilityof the observer; doubtful shipboard computations of set and drift were edited; and ob-

servations with erroneous locations (mostly observations on land) have been eliminated.

The accepted data are considered most useful when used collectively as in summaries 4

where a number of observations show trends. S

General Observation Technique

The set (direction) and drift (speed) are computed by the navigator from the differencebetween the dead reckoning (DR) position and the position determined by any type of

navigational fix. The drift can be determined along any straight line track and includes (1) Persistent Current - 60 percent or more of

all factors which cause changes in the DR position. When a fix is obtained, the current all observations fall within a 5° sector

set (direction) is FROM the DR position TO the fix; the drift (speed) is equal to the of the 8-point compass.

distance in nautical miles between the DR and the fix, divided by the number of hours

since the last fix. For successive observations, the TO POSITION of one observation

becomes the FROM POSITION of the next observation.

Because the influence of current may vary along a ship's track, the MEAN POSITION ofthe track is assigned as the geographic location of the current observation. An exampleof a current computation is shown in the figure below.

__ 1 Al COURSE STEERED. 075T; SPEED. 12 KN

45-W 44-W AC COURSE MADE GOOD. 082T. SPEED.

IC CURRENT SET, 138-T, SPEED. 1 8 KN N

i 0 GEOGRAPHIC PLOT OP CURRENTN OUS ,

42N400 N W

j A I.1 '

44*4"

4 44036 4424 4412 400 j

EXAMPLE OF A SURFACE CURRENT (SHIP S DRIPTI OBSERVATION

(4) Bizonal Flow - Practically

Data Presentation are concentrated in opposite

sectors, and one pair contal'

The following legend shows two types of surface current presentations by I' quadrangle. 80 percent as many observati

type 1 with 12 or more observations and type 2 with fewer than 12 observations. Where pair. This generally indic,u

there are 11 or fewer observations within a I* quadrangle, the total number of observa- that occurs in zones of entr.

tions is shown within the 90" quadrant containing the bservations. opposing currents (see examp

quadrangles 1. 2, and 3).

LEGEND

TYPE I TYPE 2 A r'h -,i.x. S . tscX Loi, ' TF -A' s. 6 -L5).A

A I € B I0OTA OBSERVATIONS 4999 ALSc sLuS FcR -1O1RS I S

33 A C FA SPELD (n.8 KNOT) FOR ALL OBSERSArlOAS.

2 0 %EiCT'R RESCI TANT DIRE(TI 0 'T FOR ALL OBSURi AT0 I S0 I-_ 0

I PiktC.tT FREOLE.'IES (57% PRIMARY DIREcTIO . 3tI SK ONIARy DIRCITION)

23- 6

044 57- I 063 P '0L..1. 5 t. I 1.0 KSOt PRIMARY DtIRCTION. 0.0 KNOT

3 4. SIC IMIARY DIRICTION).I I1 F 0 "%L" 4V (IF" (IRSERVAII(INS BY QLADRAN1.

If/

/ - . . . - - --- ~----------,.t--w.-t(~,

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If there are 12 or more observatlons in a I' quadrangle, the 'urt can.-, e.by vector resultants as follows:

priarily

y-d by the

lemen ted.apaneseebserva- IS through a-

N N N

us'. The/ 6?t2dverse --

12 hours) W I w E W

and o-

imnated.

ariesIr

difference

type ofand includes (1) Persistent Current - fO percent or more of (2) Prevailing Current - 70 percent or more of iV) s at rrent wItN 1. o1dar- iretthe current all observations fall within a 45* sector all observations fall within two adla-ent I 'rrary Corr-.: - SO p-en. ct

al to the of the B-point compass. 4.' 4ectors. . ,1S ,bservatlon-4 tall within tht-of hours jd a ct t .5' se tors.ervat Ion

rb)a S b ±tndsrZ llr>t on - 20 pvrctnt r

m,-re I all observations fall wthzii

ITlO df , t-, and th" Lwo resultantAn example 31recrions are separated by more tVW Q!,

3% CALMS

N N

+ 4, 22 %\ /1 12%

W I W-9% -V- 12%-I

10i% 3

$

(4) Bizonal Flow - Practically all observations (5) Variable Current - The 4S' sector withare concentrated in opposite pairs of 4% most observations has less than 25 percent ofsectors, and one pair contains at least all, observations; direction is indeterminate.

quadrangle, 80 percent as many observations as the oppositeuon" Where pair. This generally indicates variability

I of observa- that occurs in zones of entrainment betweenopposing currents (see examples A and 8,quadrangles 1, 2, and 3).

A I

2',S11A, . K2

.1. LAND

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NWSED MISAWA

OTHER GOVT.

NOAA/NODC

NOAA/NCC

AL-1

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REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE BEFOREOMPLETIN FORM

2 DON, MCCESS,05 50.PEFO.E C.L .... .. Ra

NIJ SPl403-SP3 The surface csirrent informati,,n is bas-,Ivl -i w *ir~00 P -P, . --- -is the difference between the dead re'-icin.' , 'v ,, d :h -t!1tV -o RSb,.. EPORT a PER.OC COvEREA determined by any tvpe of navigati nal fix. This it ere ,,s r;

SURFACE CURRENTS Final the direction and speed of the curretit.

NORTHEAST CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN 6 * ., .I 0.0 C.o, -s.M

-. o,, aCO e .... T5 ... I -. 5twE.

Naval Oceanographic Office

NSTL Station, MS 39522

1 PERFORMINGO RGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS I 10 PSOGmAAM ELEME, p1oJECt,. vaSARE* A 055 U.IK NUMoES

Naval Oceanographic Office

I CONTROAL1N OFFICE NAME AN0 AD0RESS 012 E...T OAT

November 1977

2 _MOSM. .6 AGENCY NAME & ADOESVII d-A1-~ A. C.MA1.11." 0hl,.) 195 SEUM,', CLASS (.1 IN,. 'AP.

ISA OtC ASS1TICATION,' W08N3A0

16 aISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (-I. Al. )

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

17 0,S'5AIU05 STATEMENT (lI*.~~ ,..I le ~ Ilf~~ 5 ~.l

1. SuPPLESEMYRT NOTES

it Key WORDS (CSIAMW - ~. IIN WIF 0I.-AWN,4 lANI ly 6p750 ~S.Surface Currents

Northeast Central South Pacific Ocean

This atlas, and the series of which It is a part, is computer generated

and automatically plotted. It makes available to the user the most recent

surface current data collected and will be updated whenever sufficient

amounts of data are added to the data file. This and the other atlases are

based on a vast quantity of data as compared to the previous manually-

compiled editions printed in the mid-thirties.

, *, 47 3 EDITIoN oP I Nov 1 00 o . LIE

/5CUMrV CLAW PICATIOW OP THIS PACE (e .OMM S sECUI?Y CI.F55,rICATION OfT

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