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RISSimulation of Mesoscale Variability in the Gulf of Mexico: Sensitivity Studies, Comparison with Observations, and Trapped Wave Propagation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A primitive equation Gulf of Mexico model was used to examine variability of the Loop Current (LC) and Loop Current eddies (LCE). Realistic results were obtained for a certain range of values of the horizontal mixing ...
The Formation and Maintenance of Density Fronts on the U.S. Southeastern Continental Shelf during Winter
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Density fronts on the U.S. southeastern continental shelf, during winter, am formed by (i) breakdown of the shelf-break front by Gulf Stream meanders or strong southward winds or both, (ii) shoreward intrusion of upper ...
A Model of Gulf Stream Frontal Instabilities, Meanders and Eddies along the Continental Slope
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: For a simplified model of the Gulf Stream front along a vertical-walled continental slope of a constant-depth ocean basin, the dynamics governing frontal instabilities, meanders, and eddies depend primarily on (i) L0/ R0, ...
Frontal Waves Upstream of a Diabathic Blocking: A Model Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A time-dependent, three-dimensional primitive-equation model is used here to study meanders that develop upstream of a western boundary current along a continental slope blocked by a diabathic topographic feature. It is ...
Seasonal Exchanges of the Kuroshio and Shelf Waters and Their Impacts on the Shelf Currents of the East China Sea
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: revious in situ observations and modeling studies have indicated that, through mass and momentum exchanges across the shelf edge, the Kuroshio can significantly influence the shelf currents of the East China Sea (ECS). ...
The Influence of the Ocean on Typhoon Nuri (2008)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: yphoon Nuri (2008) was 1 of approximately 120 typhoons in the past 60 years that passed through a narrow gap, the Luzon Strait, connecting the western North Pacific and the South China Sea (SCS). In total 70% of these ...
Sensitivity of Coastal Currents near Point Conception to Forcing by Three Different Winds: ECMWF, COAMPS, and Blended SSM/I–ECMWF–Buoy Winds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Previous observational and modeling studies have indicated the importance of finescale winds in determining the circulation near Point Conception in the Santa Maria Basin (SMB) and the Santa Barbara Channel (SBC), California. ...
Subtidal Variability of Estuarine Outflow, Plume, and Coastal Current: A Model Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The time evolution of an estuary plume and its coastal front over a continental shelf is numerically calculated here using a three-dimensional model with eddy mixing based on the turbulence kinetic energy closure. The plume ...
Hindcast of Waves and Currents in Hurricane Katrina
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage to offshore oil and gas production facilities. In this study, the state-of-the-art ocean circulation (the Princeton Ocean Model) and surface wave (Wave Watch III) models, together ...
Seasonal SSH Variability of the Northern South China Sea
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he seasonal response of sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) to wind stress curl (WSC) in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) and the Kuroshio intrusion through the Luzon Strait is analyzed using observations and models. The ...