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Halpern et al. 1978
Halpern, D., Smith, R.L. and Reed, R.K. (1978). On the California undercurrent over the continental slope off Oregon. Journal of Geophysical Research 83: doi: 10.1029/JC083iC03p01366. issn: 0148-0227.

During July 1975, moored current measurements and a spatially dense approximately isochronal hydrographic survey were made off Oregon. The patterns of geopotential topography, the longshore and onshore-offshore variations in temperature and salinity, and the current measurements indicated a poleward flow of warmer, more saline water at intermediate depths over the continental slope throughout a longshore distance of about 600 km. The agreement between linear approximations of the north-south velocity shears determined from baroclinic geostrophic currents and from 3-day vector-averaged current measurements was within 3%. The current measurements at intermediate depths indicated a wavelike oscillation, lateral meander, or eddy with a time scale of about 7--10 days, and the surface pattern of the geopotential topography (referred to 1000 dbar) contained eddies or a wavelike feature with a wavelength of about 200 km. Comparison of the time variations of currents recorded simultaneously over the slope and shelf indicated that the subsurface poleward flows observed there were connected.

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