Abstract: Coastal-trapped waves are studied in a two-layered, non-flat shelf model. Internal Kelvin wave and quasi-geostrophic waves appear as eigenmodes of the system. The latter reduce to the familiar barotropic shelf waves only ...

Abstract: Diffraction of continental shelf waves by irregular alongshore geometry, such as ridges, canyons and bumps, is examined. The full barotropic, shelf-wave equation is treated, and the solutions include forward and back ...

Abstract: Nontidal circulation in Chesapeake Bay was examined from one-month current records at 50 and 200 km from the entrance. The monthly mean flow was basically a two-layered circulation; in addition, there were large wind-driven ...

Abstract: Subtidal sea level variations in the Chesapeake Bay were examined over a one-year period for evidence of wind-driven barotropic circulation. The major transport occurred at time scales of 3?5 days, whose magnitude was ...

Abstract: Csanady's (1978) theory on the mean shelf circulation in a homogeneous ocean was re-examined by including effects of a continental slope. The results suggested that the mean southwestward flow on the Mid-Atlantic Blight ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional, finite-difference model is developed to study limited-area (island) shelf circulation. The model uses a semi-implicit scheme in the cross-shore dimension and a mode-splitting technique in the vertical ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional primitive-equation model was used to study gravity currents produced by instantaneous releases of a buoyant fluid in a rectangular channel. Without rotation, the gravity current passes through two ...

Abstract: Evidence for long coastal-trapped waves off the west coast of the United States is obtained from sea level, surface atmospheric pressure and wind records over a 1500 km alongshore separation for two months in the summer ...

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 ...

Abstract: Non-tidal variability in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River, and its relation to atmospheric forcing, is examined from two-month sea level and bottom current measurements. The dominant sea level fluctuations in the Bay ...