Abstract: Fits of an annual harmonic to depth-average along-shelf current time series longer than 200 days from 27 sites over the Middle Atlantic Bight (MAB) continental shelf have amplitudes of a few centimeters per second. These ...

Abstract: Subtidal current dynamics at a northern California inner-shelf site are analysed using moored current observations in 30 m of water, in conjunction with wind and bottom pressure measurements acquired during the summer of ...

Abstract: The mean heat and salt balances over the Middle Atlantic Bight continental shelf are investigated by testing the hypothesis that surface fluxes of heat or freshwater are balanced by along-isobath fluxes resulting from the ...

Abstract: The accuracy of subinertial sea level, as measured by tide gauges in the Southern California Bight, is investigated. Sea level differences formed from tide gauges separated by less than 50 km are examined. The observed ...

Abstract: The sensitivity of the inner-shelf circulation to the form of the vertical mixing is examined using a steady, linear, two-dimensional, eddy viscosity model. For both alongshelf wind stress and pressure gradient forcing, ...

Abstract: Analyses of current time series longer than 200 days from 33 sites over the Middle Atlantic Bight continental shelf reveal a consistent mean circulation pattern. The mean depth-averaged flow is equatorward, alongshelf, and ...

Abstract: Wind-driven, cross-shelf circulation is studied using current observations spanning the 90 km wide North Carolina shelf. Most of the shelf is less than 40 m deep. Current measurements were made at five sites within 16 km ...

Abstract: Observations from the Oregon, northwest Africa, Peru, and northern California shelves are used to examine the characteristics of the surface boundary layer in coastal regions during the upwelling season. The observations ...

Abstract: his study investigates the effects of horizontal and vertical density gradients on the inner-shelf response to cross-shelf wind stress by using an idealized numerical model and observations from a moored array deployed ...

Abstract: Observations of the buoyant coastal current that flows southward from Chesapeake Bay are used to describe how the thickness, width, and propagation speed vary in response to changes in the along-shelf wind stress. Three ...