Experiment:	OPUS (Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Contractor:	College of Oceanography, Oregon State University
Dates:		Pilot:  March - April 1981
		Main:   April - July 1983
Location:	California coastline: Pt. Conception to Pt. Arguello

Data acquired during experiment:
		
		CTD data (/opus/ctd)
		XBT data (/opus/ctd)
		Moored current data (/opus/moorings) 
		Lagrangian drifter data (/opus/drifters)
		ADCP data (in process)
		Meteorological data (see /NDBC)
		Sea level data (see /NOS)


The OPUS (Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures) program has focused
on the persistent upwelling feature that occurs between Points Arguello and
Conception off the coast of California.  Initial exploratory investigation
showed this upwelling structure to be driven primarily by local winds and
directed to some extent by the larger scale circulation.  Spatial and temporal
patterns in the three-dimensional structure have been observed in the two
previous pilot studies.  These patterns presumably result from the coupling of
physical, chemical and biological processes.  The primary goal of OPUS is to
understand the coupling of these processes.  The principal investigators
involved in OPUS are especially interested in small scale (0.1-50km)
processes.     (OSU data report 133, 87-18)

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11/30/93