https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.6 2026-03-19T10:41:57.720Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/73b00fc0-9381-4884-a644-96468cf07d6e NCCCS Experiment: Northern California Coastal Circulation StudyFunding Agency: MMS (Department of Interior, Minerals ManagementService) Contractor: EG&G Washington Analytical ServicesCenter, Inc. Dates: 1986 - 1989 Location: San Francisco toOregonData acquired during experiment: CTD measurements (NCCCS/ctd) Moored current data (NCCCS/current meters) XBT (NCCCS/wecoma and NCCCS/xbt) Bottom pressure data (NCCCS/pressure) Lagrangian drifter data (NCCCS/drifters) Sea-level data (see /NOS)The Northern California Circulation Study (NCCCS), supported bythe Minerals Management Service, is a 5-year physicaloceanography program to describe the circulation on thecontinental shelf and upper slope between San Francisco and theOregon border. This study will result in an improveddescription and understanding od circulation features,particularly near-surface currents. The general objectives ofthe NCCCS are:-- To obtain high-quality direct and indirect measurements ofcurrents on the shelf and upper slope, with adequate temporaland spatial resolution to describe the pricipal advectiveprocesses.-- To describe the circulation in statistical terms, includingmean current patterns, seasonal and shorter-term variability,vertical structure, and response to forcing.-- To characterize the circulation in terms of dynamicprocesses. For each process, such as wind forcing, anassessment of the primary driving force, response sensitivity,spatial pattern, momentum balance, and advective displacementscale is required. (Bruce A. Magnell, EG&G Geos)For more information,link to ' http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/zoo/'