Poleward Flows Along Eastern Ocean Boundaries

ISBN-13: 9781461389651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 374 str.

Steven J. Neshyba; Christopher N. K. Mooers; Robert L. Smith

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In this paper differences and anomalies in west coast seasonal flow structures have been highlighted. In particular, it was emphasized that flow off Washington has significant differences from that of Oregon; namely, during summer, flow at mid-shelf is more poleward off Washington, and during winter, flow on the inner-shelf is more equatorward off Washington than off Oregon. The former result may be related to the poleward decrease in the longshelf wind stress; the latter result may be related to the presence of the Columbia River plume. Off southern California the near-surface flow over the shelf is more persistently equatorward than that off Washington . Conversely, the flow over the slope in the upper 100 m of the water column is more persistently poleward than that off washington. Also, the undercurrent structure, that is, a subsurface maximum, is maintained at least from summer to early winter off southern California (no data are yet available from spring), but only during summer and early fall off washington. We note that the seasonal cycle of vertical shear in the two locations is similar, although a reversal in sign sometimes occurs off Washington. ACKNOWLEDGEMZNTS This work was supported by the Department of Energy under Grant DE-FG05-85ER60333t4 and by the National Science Foundation under Grant OCE 86-01058#1. 175 From: Adriana Huyer, College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. On: Review and Commentary to paper POLEWARD FLOW NEAR TRE NORTRERH AND SOU'l'BERH BOONDARIES OF TRE U. S. WEST COAST, by Barbara Hickey.

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I. Workshop Summaries.- Workshop Summary: Poleward Flow-Observational and Theoretical Issues.- Poleward Flows Along Eastern Ocean Boundaries: An Introduction and Historical Review.- Theoretical Understanding of Eastern Ocean Boundary Poleward Undercurrents.- Poleward Flow Along Eastern Boundaries: What Next?.- II. Geographical Reports: Atlantic Ocean.- The Baroclinic Circulation of the West Spitsbergen Current.- A Brief Sketch of Poleward Flows at the Eastern Boundary of the North Atlantic.- On the Northeast Atlantic Slope Current.- The Poleward Undercurrent on the Eastern Boundary of the Subtropical North Atlantic.- The Subsurface Circulation Along the Moroccan Slope.- Poleward Motion in the Benguela Area.- II. Geographical Reports: Pacific Ocean.- Observations of the Low-Frequency Circulation off the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada.- Poleward Flow in the California Current System.- Poleward Flow Near the Northern and Southern Boundaries of the U.S. West Coast.- Poleward Flows off Mexico’s Pacific Coast.- An Overview of the Poleward Undercurrent and Upwelling Along the Chilean Coast.- II. Geographical Reports: Indian Ocean.- The Leeuwin Current.- III. Special Topics.- An Application of Turbulence Data to the California Undercurrent.- Model Simulations of a Coastal Jet and Undercurrent in the Presence of Eddies and Jets in the California Current System.- Do Nitrogen Transformations in the Poleward Undercurrent off Peru and Chile Have a Globally Significant Influence?.- Topographic Stress in Coastal Circulation Dynamics.- IV. Epilogue.- V. References.- Appendix A: List of Participants.