Gulf 360: State of the Gulf of Mexico

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OCEAN CURRENTS Surface Ocean Currents

Magnitude (meters/sec) 0.00

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Coastal Belt

This map represents modeled ocean current magnitudes in meters per second at a depth of zero meters on 03/25/2011. Ocean currents were developed using the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) + Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation (NCODA) Gulf of Mexico 1/25° model.

GULF OF MEXICO

N International Boundaries 0

Sources:HYCOM, U.S. Census/TIGER (2010); INEGI ONE (2010); (2008); NationalAtlas.gov (2004); HYCOM (2011);2004 NOAA/AOML (2011) Sources: 2011; NOAA/AOML, 2011; U.S.(2010); Census/TIGER, 2010;ESRI INEGI, 2010; ONE, 2010; ESRI, 2008; NationalAtlas.gov,

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