2002 Puget Sound Physical Oceanography Report

This report describes the results of the studies conducted by King County on the water circulation patterns in the area where Admiralty Inlet and Possession Sound join the Main Basin at the southern end of Whidbey Island, a region called the Triple Junction. The studies took place between July 2000 and January 2002. Observations included current meters, drift cards, drogues, and dye

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• Table of Contents (57 KB)
• Report Body (453 KB)
• Figures (6.2 MB)
• Appendix A Current Meter Deployment Locations (53 KB)
• Appendix B Instrument Settings (39 KB)
• Appendix C Mooring Diagrams (1.2 MB)
• Appendix D Data Processing (40 KB)
• Appendix E Drift Card Recoveries (147 KB)
• Appendix F Drogue Trajectories (1.6 MB)
• Appendix G Dye Studies (2.2 MB)
• Appendix H Mean Current Maps (1.1 MB)
• Appendix I Low-frequency Current Histograms (1.8 MB)
• Appendix J Aanderaa Mean Current Profiles (126 KB)
• Appendix K Tidal Current Constituents (89 KB)
• Appendix L Year Long Time Series (1.2 MB)

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