They found using ocean flow data simulations conducted with the Ocean General Circulation Model for the Earth Simulator that the the Florida Current running in the deep and narrow Straits of Florida creates a tight bottleneck, which forces up to 20% of the original particles into the Gulf Stream and then up the coast of the US and into the Atlantic.
Because of the instability of ocean flow, the best evidence of a changing climate may be the land temperature record.
Today the canneries are gone, the border is far less permeable, and Eastport's population has fallen by three-quarters, lending a ghostly feel to the town, which stands on an island beset by fog and 20ft tides that make the surrounding ocean flow like a river.
The influence of ocean flow is considered by the controller.
LEC with ocean flow: Since ocean flow influences the speed of the glider, the motion time in the energy consumption model is changed by flow speed.
Open image in new window Figure 7 Control flow chart with the existence of ocean flow.
The optimal control variables can be obtained with the existence of ocean flow.
The tsunami related ocean flow can be described as barotropic, non-dispersive surface gravity wave.
The existence of ocean flow is taken into consideration in the coordinate control system.
Otherwise, when the ocean flow is too strong for the glider to move on the resultant velocity direction, the heading angle should be set opposite to that of the ocean flow velocity.
This is caused by the existence of ocean flow and the errors of the onboard control system.
