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Estimate of bottom and surface stress during a spring-neap tide cycle by dynamical assimilation of tide gauge observations in the Chesapeake Bay

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  • Dynamical assimilation of surface elevation from tide gauges is investigated to estimate the bottom drag coefficient and surface stress as a first step in improving modeled tidal and wind-driven circulation in the Chesapeake Bay. A two-dimensional shallow water model and an adjoint variational method with a limited memory quasi-Newton optimization algorithm are used to achieve this goal. Assimilation of tide gauge observations from 10 permanent stations in the Bay and use of a two-dimensional model adequately estimate the bottom drag coefficient, wind stress, and surface elevation at the Bay mouth. Subsequent use of these estimates in the circulation model considerably improves the modeled surface elevation in the entire Bay. Assimilation of predicted tidal elevations yields a drag coefficient, defined in the hydraulic way, varying between 2.5 x 10–4 and 3.1 x 10–3. The bottom drag coefficient displays a periodicity corresponding to the spring-neap tide cycle with a maximum value during neap tide and a minimum value during spring tide. From assimilation of actual tide gauge observations, it is found that the fortnightly modulation is altered during frontal passage. Furthermore, the response of the sea surface to the wind forcing is found to be more impbrtant in the lower Bay than in the upper Bay, where the barometric pressure effect seems to be more important.
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  • Spitz, Y.H., and Klinick, J.M., 1998, Estimate of bottom and surface stress during a spring-neap tide cycle by dynamical assimilation of tide gauge observations in the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 103, pg. 12,761–12,782.
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  • 103
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  • This research was supported by the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography.
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  • 0148-0227

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