1 23 Ocean Dynamics Theoretical, Computational and Observational Oceanography ISSN 1616-7341 Volume 62 Number 8 Ocean Dynamics (2012) 62:1229-1243 DOI 10.1007/s10236-012-0556-2 Assessing the fidelity of surface currents from a coastal ocean model and HF radar using drifting buoys in the Middle Atlantic Bight Liang Kuang, Alan F. Blumberg & Nickitas Georgas