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Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1627-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1627-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
Research article
 | 
09 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 09 Dec 2019

Vertical structure of ocean surface currents under high winds from massive arrays of drifters

John Lodise, Tamay Özgökmen, Annalisa Griffa, and Maristella Berta

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Observations of ocean currents within the first meter of the surface are made using a large number of ocean drifters of two different draft depths (0–5 and 0–60 cm). We deconstruct the total drifter velocities using an estimate of the regional circulation and a modeled Stokes drift velocity to calculate the purely wind-driven component of each drifter type. We reveal that the wind-driven velocities rotate to the right of the wind, while also decreasing, with depth.
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