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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Cont Shelf Res. 2008 Dec 15;29(7):835–845. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.008

Table 2.

Regional Flow Statistics.

Region No. of drifters Mean Speeda
(cm/s)
Mean Direction deg True Mean transit time
(d)
Transit Std_Dev
(d)
Flow-through
(%)
Isobathb
(m)

Cutler 48 16.3 234 7 2 100 82
Penobscot 120 9.6 233 12 5 70 100
Casco 62 12.5 219 12 10 75 96
Stellwagen 106 14.1 139 13 8 69 67
Cape Cod 72 20.3 144 7 3 26 84
WNS 38 8.9 11.1 9 3 100 133
Mean 93
a

residual

b

mean isobath of entry to the region for drifters that flowed through.