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Creator:: Paduan, S. D. and DeSzoeke, R. A.
Abstract:: Subsurface temperature data and surface meteorological data are analyzed from thermistor chain moorings deployed near 50°N, 140°W during the Storm Transfer and Response Experiment (STREX). The upper-ocean heat and potential energy (PE) contents to 90 m are examined for an 18-day period and their changes compared to the sources and...
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Creator:: Christensen, Matthew W., Coakley, James A., Jr., and Tahnk, William R.
Abstract:: Ship tracks appearing in both the morning and afternoon Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery for the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the United States were used to study the morning-to-afternoon evolution of marine stratus polluted by underlying ships and nearby uncontaminated stratus. Analyzed 925-hPa winds were used...
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Full Text:: Clouds MATTHEW W. CHRISTENSEN, JAMES A. COAKLEY JR., AND WILLIAM R. TAHNK College of Oceanic and

Creator:: Smyth, W. D., Moum, J. N., and Caldwell, D. R.
Abstract:: The time evolution of mixing in turbulent overturns is investigated using a combination of direct numerical simulations (DNS) and microstructure profiles obtained during two field experiments. The focus is on the flux coefficient Γ, the ratio of the turbulent buoyancy flux to the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate ϵ. In...
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Full Text:: Simulations and Microstructure Observations W. D. SMYTH, J. N. MOUM, AND D. R. CALDWELL College of Oceanic

Creator:: Minder, Justin R., Mote, Philip W., and Lundquist, Jessica D.
Abstract:: The typically sparse distribution of weather stations in mountainous terrain inadequately resolves temperature variability. Accordingly, high‐resolution gridding of climate data (for applications such as hydrological modeling) often relies on assumptions such as a constant surface temperature lapse rate (i.e., decrease of surface temperature with altitude) of 6.5°C km⁻¹. Using an...
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Full Text:: temperature lapse rates over complex terrain: Lessons from the Cascade Mountains Justin R. Minder,1 Philip W

Creator:: Samelson, R. M.
Abstract:: The vertical structure of coastal-trapped disturbances in several idealized models of a stably stratified lower atmosphere is examined. The vertical structure and phase speeds of the trapped modes depend on the resting stratification and the height of the orographic step. The presence of a stable layer above the boundary layer...
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Full Text:: al. (1997) compare a mesoscale numerical model simula- 202 VOLUME 127M O N T H L Y W E A T H E R R

Creator:: Samelson, R. M.
Abstract:: A reduced-gravity model is presented of the warm-water branch of the middepth meridional overturning circulation in a rectangular basin with a circumpolar connection. The model describes the balance between production of warm water by Ekman advection across the circumpolar current, dissipation of warm water by eddy fluxes southward across the...
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Creator:: Samelson, R. M.
Abstract:: Two idealized, three-dimensional, analytical models of middepth meridional overturning in a basin with a Southern Hemisphere circumpolar connection are described. In the first, the overturning circulation can be understood as a “pump and valve” system, in which the wind forcing at the latitudes of the circumpolar connection is the pump...
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Creator:: Samelson, R. M.
Abstract:: A simple theory is presented for steady geostrophic circulation of a stratified fluid in a rectangular basin with a circumpolar connection. The interior flow obeys the β-plane Sverdrup vorticity balance, and the circulation is closed by geostrophic boundary currents. The circulation is forced by surface thermal gradients and wind-driven Ekman...
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Full Text:: R R E S P O N D E N C E q 1999 American Meteorological Society Geostrophic Circulation in a

Creator:: Abbott, Mark R.
Abstract:: This article considers the evolutionary pressures that have brought us to our present state and how these forces will likely change, with a focus on U.S. institutional structures.
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Creator:: Juranek, L. W., Freely, R. A., Peterson, W. T., Alin, S. R., Hales, Burke, Lee, K., Sabine, C. L., and Peterson, J.
Abstract:: We developed a multiple linear regression model to robustly determine aragonite saturation state (Ωarag) from observations of temperature and oxygen (R² = 0.987, RMS error 0.053), using data collected in the Pacific Northwest region in late May 2007. The seasonal evolution of Ωarag near central Oregon was evaluated by applying...
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Full Text:: hydrographic data L. W. Juranek,1 R. A. Feely,1 W. T. Peterson,2 S. R. Alin,1 B. Hales,3 K. Lee,4 C. L

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