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Figure 5.5. Wind '.eiocitles for position 4 6 14' N and ST IS' W during the experi-<br />
mental period<br />
rest. when wind a d tide are in opposite dirsct~oo. (Lawrenee and Smith (301) and<br />
when cmeet shear, coincident anth wind reversals, occurs (Essen et ol. (341). How-<br />
ever, in this c- there arss no evidence that these moditiorw were present when<br />
the buoys were <strong>be</strong>ing interrogated by the satellite. If they did edrt, they were not<br />
observed in the eomparjson. Thus, anomalies ohserved by Lamence and Smith (301<br />
and E m et al. (341 <strong>may</strong> have resulted b m the fact thu, in the experiments cited,<br />
current meters provided gromdtruthing. The nurent meters m e moored at depths<br />
well <strong>be</strong>low the &/4a law, to which the radar measurement. are sensitive, whde<br />
the drifters used in the wriment related to this thesis rerponded to about the top<br />
metre <strong>of</strong> ocean. hother factor which might <strong>be</strong> expected to cause discrepancies in<br />
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