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Establishing suitability of an ocean model for a poleward undercurrent study

Creator:

Duran, Rodrigo

Abstract:

Modifications of an ocean model are described, as the objective for which the model was used changed to study the kinematics and dynamics of an eastern-boundary poleward undercurrent.

Resource Type:

Capstone Project

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Oceanography. Vol. 17, No. 11, November 1987. Samelson, R. M., J. S. Allen, and P. MacCready, 2008. Progress
Kinematics and Dynamics of a Model Eastern-boundary Poleward Undercurrent

Creator:

Duran, Rodrigo

Abstract:

A carefully calibrated primitive-equation model from 41°N to 48°N is used to study the poleward undercurrent off the US west coast. Chapter 2 describes poleward flow over the slope from Eulerian and Lagrangian perspectives. The model is robust, in the sense of several characteristics being qualitatively consistent with observational and...

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Dissertation

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). Legend: P = mainly or com- pletely poleward motion, E=mainly or completely equatorward motion, P˙ = mean
The effect of river discharge and wind forcing on the Oregon coastal ocean during fall and winter

Creator:

Mazzini, Piero Luigi Fernandes

Abstract:

Freshwater provided from river discharge influences the dynamics and circulation of most continental shelves around the world. It has profound effects on the transport and fate of materials and substances originated from rivers and estuaries, as well as on the ocean biogeochemistry and marine ecosystems. The effect of buoyancy forcing...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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area Ab. ρo is the ocean density, ρp is the plume density, hp is the maximum thickness of the plume