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Creator:: Samelson, Roger M. and Allen, J. S.
Abstract:: Observations of oppositely directed, monthly mean alongshore currents and wind stress over the continental margin off the Pacific coast of North America motivate the theoretical examination of mean flow generation by topographic lee-wave drag. We formulate a barotropic model for wind-forced shelf-slope flow over variable topography. Our central objective is...
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Creator:: Kuebel Cervantes, Brandy T., Allen, John S., and Samelson, Roger M.
Abstract:: The coastal ocean may experience periods of fluctuating along-shelf wind direction, causing shifts between upwelling and downwelling conditions with responses that are not symmetric. We seek to understand these asymmetries and their implications on the Eulerian and Lagrangian flows. We use a two-dimensional (variations across-shelf and with depth; uniformity along-shelf)...
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Full Text:: characteristics of continental shelf flows forced by periodic wind stress B. T. Kuebel Cervantes, J. S. Allen

Creator:: Springer, S. R., Samelson, Roger M., Allen, John S., Egbert, Gary D., Kurapov, Alexander, Miller, Robert N., and Kindle, J. C.
Abstract:: The Oregon Coastal Transition Zone (OCTZ) extends several hundred kilometers offshore where shelf flows interact with the northern California Current. A primitive-equation numerical ocean model is used to study the upwelling circulation in this region from 1 May to 1 November 2001. This OCTZ model obtains initial and boundary conditions...
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Full Text:: . Springer,1,2 R. M. Samelson,1 J. S. Allen,1 G. D. Egbert,1 A. L. Kurapov,1 R. N. Miller,1 and J. C

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