OSCURS Ocean Surface CURrent Simulator

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OSCURSOcean Surface CURrent Simulator
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What do we type into OSCURS?

• when it was lost or abandoned
• when it was collected
• where it was lost (N E coordinates)

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Quick Review Latitude Longitude
N
E
W
S
Longitude East and West
Latitude North and South
Which one shows latitude lines?
Longitude?
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Quick Review Latitude Longitude
Coordinates 15 N x 60 W
OSCURS coordinates N x E 60 W 300 E
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OSCURS model
The OSCURS path follows ocean currents!
Ocean current map
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Example Scenario

• Surfing with Waggles
• Christmas Day, 2006
• Waikiki Beach, Hawaii

• Waggles loses his board
• Coast Guard finds board 3 years later
• Where did it end up?!

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How do we use OSCURS?

• WHERE the surfboard was lost (Waikiki Beach,
  21.27oN, 202.17oE)
• WHEN the surfboard was lost (Dec. 25, 2006)
• HOW LONG the surfboard was lost (found 3 years
  later, so Dec. 25, 2006 3 years Dec. 25,
  2009)
• Then, input your dates and coordinates into
  OSCURS

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• Click on the link below to begin using the OSCURS
  model
• http//las.pfeg.noaa.gov/oscurs/