2008 REED’s East Coast Edition - Weather
MODAS takes information from more than “wired together” to produce several analyses
100 different programs to create estimates of and forecast systems presently running at
present and future ocean conditions. various Navy facilities.
This system was designed to meet the U.S. Another commonly used reference is the
Navy’s need to produce rapid estimates of Naval Research Lab (NRL) Layered Ocean
present and near-term ocean conditions, Models (NLOM). This generates images at a
often in situations where little or no on-site higher resolution 1/16 to 1/32 of degree.
data is available. MODAS modules have been
Separate rings of current that pinch off from the Gulf Stream (GS) are known as eddies. Ed-
dies north of the stream are warm eddies (WE) that flow clockwise, while counter-clockwise
eddies flowing south of the stream are cold eddies (CE) - illustration above and on previ-
ous page courtesy Jenifer Clark’s Gulf Stream, 3160 Lacrosse Court, Dunkirk,MD 20754.
410-286-5370, gulfstream@comcast.net,.www.erols.com/gulfstrm/)
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