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  • Optics, structure and variability of the offshore Columbia River plume

    Creator:
    Saldías, Gonzalo
    Abstract:
    The Columbia River delivers the greatest amount of freshwater to the coastal ocean along the U.S. Pacific coast. This freshwater forms the Columbia River plume, a mesoscale plume with significant implications on coastal ocean physical, biological, chemical, and geological processes. The plume is transported south and offshore during the upwelling...
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    Dissertation
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    manuscript. Dr. P. Ted Strub contributed to chapter 4 through discussion, review, and writing. Dr. P

  • Ensemble-variational data assimilation for dynamically challenging coastal ocean circulation

    Creator:
    Pasmans, Ivo
    Abstract:
    Currently, forecasts produced by the Oregon-Washington (OR-WA) Coastal Ocean Forecast System are constrained by assimilation of only surface observations. The 4-dimensional variational (4DVAR) data assimilation (DA) algorithm is utilized to combine the model and the data, with the time-independent forecast ("background'') error covariance B. In this study, two possible improvements...
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    Dissertation
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    chapters 2, 4 and 5 were based on data provided by P. MacCready and S. Giddings. The views, opinions, and

  • Interactions of wind-driven and tidally-driven circulation in the Oregon coastal ocean

    Creator:
    Osborne, John J.
    Abstract:
    Influences of tidal and slower (subtidal) oceanic flows over the continental shelf and slope off Oregon are studied using a high-resolution ocean circulation model and comparative model-data analyses. The model is based on the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS), a fully nonlinear, three-dimensional model (using hydrostatic and Boussinesq approximations). The...
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    Dissertation
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    chapters. Drs. Gary D. Egbert and P. Michael Kosro were involved in all aspects of the development of