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Table 1: Positions, speeds and headings of the eddy off California on the dates shown.
Mean date Latitude Longitude Speed Heading
(cm/s) (E from N)
17
Nov
1986
37
06
126
23
6
Jan
1987
37
06
127
51
2.95
270
26
Feb
1987
36
55
129
07
2.57
260
5
May
1987
36
55
130
48
2.53
270
25
Jun
1987
36
55
132
16
2.95
270
15
Aug
1987
36
55
133
20
2.03
270
Table 2: Positions, displacements, speeds and headings of the eddies whose tracks are plotted in Figure
5, deduced from positions at the cycle numbers indicated.
Eddy
Cycle
Lat.
Long.
Km
Days
cm/s
Heading
A
6
59
15
-141
25
13
58
34
-143
21
135.22
119.3
1.31
236.30
19
58
40
-145
18
113.99
102.3
1.29
275.53
34
57
13
-149
27
173.04
136.4
1.47
236.64
S
12
57
34
-138
52
17
57
38
-141
17
144.71
85.2
1.96
272.90
23
57
13
-142
54
106.96
102.3
1.21
244.68
B
3
54
21
-134
44
9
54
41
-136
42
132.10
102.3
1.49
286.09
15
54
35
-139
11
160.65
102.3
1.82
266.08
23
55
9
-140
27
101.17
136.4
0.86
307.95
34
54
52
-141
22
66.84
187.5
0.41
242.26
c
1
55
58
-142
26
4
55
34
-142
54
52.85
51.1
1.20
213.79
8
55
18
-144
0
75.21
68.2
1.28
247.09
13
54
7
-145
15
152.94
85.2
2.08
211.84
H
7
51
57
-132
6
13
51
33
-133
18
93.83
102.3
1.06
242.09
19
51
36
-134
52
108.39
102.3
1.23
272.90
27
51
58
-136
53
145.05
136.4
1.23
286.11
34
51
21
-137
36
83.89
119.3
0.81
216.18