FY 1987

The principal discriminant method of prediction: Theory and evaluation

Preisendorfer, R.W., C.D. Mobley, and T.P. Barnett

NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL PMEL-71, NTIS: PB87-209276, 76 pp (1987)

A linear relationship between tidal height (sea level of tidal frequencies) and tidal transport near 27°N in the Straits of Florida is confirmed. Transport estimates from this relationship for the O₁ and M₂ constituents are compared with those computed from cable voltages across the Florida Current. These estimates are independent in that the weighted tidal height model (tidal-height transport relationship) was developed using collective sets of current meter and velocity profiler data obtained at different times of the year and in different locations. The cable voltages, however, were calibrated using a quasi-synoptic sectional integration of depth-averaged profiler data. Further, a means is suggested by which changes in the cable calibration can be detected.