PCM2 (Eastern Boundary Current)

This experiment produced 44 current meter records from 11 moorings. You can view metadata and download the records by clicking on links in the tables below. Each current meter record is identified in the tables by its depth and the name of the mooring. A brief description of the experiment is available. You may want to look at a map of the array to see where the moorings were. If you download any of the current meter records you should review the note on file format. From here you can also move up one level to the list of WOCE experiments.

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The latter two arrays (but not the initial OSU/NPGS array) have been designated PCM2. Links to the data from the PCM2 arrays can be found here, in the document you are reading. The OSU/NPGS data is available elsewhere on this disk as a data report.

Related publications

Chereskin, T. (1995): Direct evidence for an Ekman balance in the California Current. J. Geophys. Res., 100(C9), 18261-18269.

Kelly, K.A., R.C.Beardsley, R. Limeburner, K.H. Brink, J.D. Paduan and T.K. Chereskin (1998): Variability of the near-surface eddy kinetic energy in the California Current based on altimetric, drifter and moored current meter data. J. Geophys. Res., 103(C6), 13067-13083.

Chereskin,T.K., M.Y.Morris, P.P.Niiler, P.M.Kosro, R.L.Smith, S.R.Ramp, C.A.Collins, and D.L.Musgrave (2000): Spatial and temporal characteristics of the mesoscale circulation of the California Current from eddy-resolving moored measurements. J. Geophys. Res. (in press).

Cornuelle, B.D., T.K. Chereskin, P.P. Niiler, M.Y. Morris, and D.L. Musgrave (2000): Observations and modeling of a California Undercurrent eddy. J. Geophys. Res. (in press).

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netCDF is a self-documenting format that can be accessed by a variety of software tools. We have included here a Matlab script that can be used to read netCDF current records in an environment that contains the Matlab/netCDF interface created by CSIRO. You can Click here to learn more about netCDF.

We are aware that users who are unfamiliar with netCDF or who lack software to deal with it, may find the netCDF format more a deterrent than an aid to effective use of the data. We have included in this CDROM set a second disk that is identical to this one, except that the current meter records have OSU's "Stranger" format. The Stranger format, like netCDF, is self-documenting but utilizes the ASCII code. It is easily readable by both humans and computers; you may find it preferable to netCDF.

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