Re: The Western Interior Seaway: Riding out the storms

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>; <vrtpaleo@usc.edu>
Cc: <MariusRomanus@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: The Western Interior Seaway: Riding out the storms


Kris also made a statement about the 1-2km
> surface winds ... are these the top suggested numbers, or do they get 
> higher on
> an annual mean, and how does this effect the gyre and thus the oxygen 
> mixture
> seasonally?

In fairness to Kris, he said 1-2 m/s, not 1-2 km.  But I remember 
Slingerland et al saying mean annual wind was about twice that, 7-8 knots, 
which is quite a blast considering that it was their prediction of  mean 
wind 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

JimC