Abstract: The influence of bathymetry upon the wind-driven, steady-state coastal upwelling motion of homogeneous water is investigated. The motion occurs in two principal layers, a divergent surface Ekman layer and a subsurface ...

Abstract: The constraints imposed upon a coastal upwelling zone by the steady-state wind-driven dynamics of the interior of an ocean basin are examined. A parameter is found which measures the strength of the bottom boundary layer ...

Abstract: An integral model of the steady-state dynamics of a shallow, small-scale oceanic front is developed. Such fronts have been observed at the boundaries of river plumes discharging into coastal sea water. They share with ...

Abstract: As a step in understanding the complicated dynamics of coastal upwelling areas, a simple theoretical model is examined. The motion is driven by surface wind stress acting on homogeneous water of constant depth adjacent to ...

Abstract: This paper extends a previous hydrodynamic circulation model of established, persistent upper ocean density fronts by including a thermodynamic or buoyancy equation in the integral treatment. An analysis is also conducted ...

Abstract: The paper develops and analyzes a model of frontal-scale dynamics applicable to established, persistent upper ocean density fronts. The effects of interfacial friction and mass entrainment arising from turbulent dissipative ...

Abstract: The physical characteristics of a model of an upper ocean density front are examined and compared to observations. The model was developed and analyzed in a companion paper. It applies to the mean circulation and hydrography ...

Abstract: A layer model that treats fronts as discontinuities is developed to study the steady state behavior of shallow estuary plumes on the continental shelf. The complete range of earth rotation effect is evaluated from small-scale ...

Abstract: Recent observations of particle paths in the Gulf Stream show clear evidence of strong vertical motion with upwelling approaching anticyclonic turns and sinking approaching cyclonic turns. In a recent paper a simple model ...

Abstract: An analytic model of long, propagating free-wave perturbations to an established upper ocean density front is developed. The primary purpose of the model is to illuminate basic frontal wave mechanisms for possible subsequent ...