Experiment:	SBC (Santa Barbara Channel study)
Funding Agency:	MMS (Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service)
Contractor:	Dyanlysis of Princeton 
		Science Applications International Coproration
Dates:		Pilot:	April 1983
		Main:	January 1984 - January 1985
Location:	Southern California coast: Santa Barbara Channel

Data acquired during experiment:

		CTD data (/sbc/ctd)
		Moored current data (/sbc/current_meters)
		Bottom pressure data (in process)
		Lagrangian drifter data (in process)
		Meteorological data (see /NDBC)
		Sea level data (see /NOS)


The Santa Barbara Channel study (SBC) is a closely articulated program
involving both observational and computational techniques to obtain the best
estimate of the physical oceanographic conditions in the Santa Barbara
Channel.  A comprehensive observational data set was acquired and a numerical
simulation driven by the observational data was performed.  The results yield
detailed information on the Channel circulation and hydrography.

The research program consists of two major elements.  The first is a Pilot
program whose prupose was to verify that the length and time scales of the
observational and modelling components were representative of the circulation
in the Channel and to gain experience in synthesizing the results of the two
efforts.  The second element is a Main Program spanning 1984 to provide a
complete physical oceanographic description of the Channel both spatially and
temporally. 	(MMS data report 87-0089) 

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11/30/93