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Creator:: McCabe, Ryan M., Hickey, Barbara M., Dever, Edward P., and MacCready, Parker
Abstract:: Moored observations are used to investigate the seasonal change in vertical structure of the cross-shelf circulation at a midshelf location in the northern California Current System. A streamwise–normal coordinate system is employed to eliminate meander- and eddy-induced biases in the cross-shelf flow that are unaccounted for with an alternative, commonly...
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Full Text:: System McCabe, R. M., Hickey, B. M., Dever, E. P., & MacCready, P. (2015). Seasonal Cross-Shelf Flow

Creator:: Kurapov, Alexander L., Egbert, Gary D., Allen, J. S., Miller, Robert N., Erofeeva, Svetlana Y., and Kosro, P. M.
Abstract:: A linearized baroclinic, spectral-in-time tidal inverse model has been developed for assimilation of surface currents from coast-based high-frequency (HF) radars. Representer functions obtained as a part of the generalized inverse solution show that for superinertial flows information from the surface velocity measurements propagates to depth along wave characteristics, allowing internal...
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Full Text:: . M. KOSRO College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Lee, Craig M., Sanford, Thomas B., Kunze, Eric, Nash, Jonathan D., Merrifield, Mark A., and Holloway, Peter E.
Abstract:: Full-depth velocity and density profiles taken along the 3000-m isobath characterize the semidiurnal internal tide and bottom-intensified turbulence along the Hawaiian Ridge. Observations reveal baroclinic energy fluxes of 21 ± 5 kW m⁻¹ radiating from French Frigate Shoals, 17 ± 2.5 kW m⁻¹ from Kauai Channel west of Oahu, and...
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Full Text:: Hawaiian Ridge CRAIG M. LEE,* ERIC KUNZE,� THOMAS B. SANFORD,* JONATHAN D. NASH,# MARK A. MERRIFIELD

Creator:: Carter, G. S., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., Katsumata, K., Gregg, M. C., Luther, D. S., Levine, M. D., Boyd, Timothy John, 1958-2013, and Firing, Y. L.
Abstract:: A high-resolution primitive equation model simulation is used to form an energy budget for the principal semidiurnal tide (M₂) over a region of the Hawaiian Ridge from Niihau to Maui. This region includes the Kaena Ridge, one of the three main internal tide generation sites along the Hawaiian Ridge and...
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Full Text:: . (b) Area integral of conversion term in 100-m depth bins and the cumulative fraction of conversion

Creator:: Vickers, Dean, Mahrt, Larry, and Andreas, Edgar L.
Abstract:: The 10-m neutral drag coefficient (C[subscript DN10]) over the sea is calculated using a large observational dataset consisting of 5800 estimates of the mean flow and the fluxes from aircraft eddy-covariance measurements. The dataset includes observations from 11 different experiments with four different research aircraft. One of the goals is...
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Full Text:: . Soc., 381–387. ——, 1990: Air-sea interaction. The Sea, B. LeMehaute and D. M. Hanes, Eds. Ocean

Creator:: Risien, Craig M. and Chelton, Dudley B.
Abstract:: Global seasonal cycles of the wind and wind stress fields estimated from the 8-yr record (September 1999–August 2007) of wind measurements by the NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) are presented. While this atlas, referred to here as the Scatterometer Climatology of Ocean Winds (SCOW), consists of 12 variables, the focus here...
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Full Text:: Eight Years of QuikSCAT Scatterometer Data CRAIG M. RISIEN AND DUDLEY B. CHELTON College of Oceanic

Creator:: Freilich, M. H. and Chelton, D. B.
Abstract:: Vector winds measured by the Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer (SASS) are analyzed to determine the spatial structure of oceanic surface winds over wavelengths from 200 to 2200 km. The analysis is performed in four latitudinal bands in the Pacific Ocean. Sampling characteristics of SASS preclude the possibility of determining full two-dimensional...
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Creator:: Lyman, John M., Chelton, Dudley B., deSzoeke, Roland A., and Samelso, Roger M.
Abstract:: To understand the characteristics of sea surface height signatures of tropical instability waves (TIWs), a linearized model of the central Pacific Ocean was developed in which the vertical structures of the state variables are projected onto a set of orthogonal baroclinic eigenvectors. In lieu of in situ current measurements with...
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Full Text:: Rossby Waves* JOHN M. LYMAN NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington DUDLEY B

Creator:: Samelson, R. M., Schlax, M. G., and Chelton, D. B.
Abstract:: It is shown that the life cycles of nonlinear mesoscale eddies, a major component of low-frequency ocean physical variability, have a characteristic structure that differs fundamentally from that which would be expected on the basis of classical interpretations of ocean eddy evolution in terms of mean flow instability and equilibration...
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Full Text:: , M. G. SCHLAX, AND D. B. CHELTON College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State

Creator:: Rivas, David and Samelson, R. M.
Abstract:: Regional ocean circulation along the Oregon coast is studied numerically for forcing fields derived from year 2005 and climatological-mean conditions. The primary object is to study directly the Lagrangian pathways by which fluid arrives in the Oregon upwelling zone. Roughly half of the upwelling fluid is found to arrive in...
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Full Text:: (b) is the difference from the annual mean. JANUARY 2011 R I V A S A N D S A M E L S O N 93

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