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An analytical solution is obtained for the wind-driven steady flow developing under the action of the Coriolis acceleration in a closed basin of elongated shape. Different from the traditional Ekman approach, which determines the velocity distribution along a water column given the free surface shear stress and pressure gradient, here the flow field is solved in the whole cross-section considering the lateral transfer of momentum due to the horizontal eddy viscosity. The solution is derived exploiting a perturbation method, whereby the inverse of the Ekman number is assumed small, and imposing a wind aligned with the main axis of the lake. In the central part of the lake a secondary circulation develops producing downwelling along the right hand side (in the northern hemisphere) and upwelling along the opposite side, whose intensity is modulated by the turbulence anisotropy. The modification of the primary flow is considered as well. The solution, which is also compared with numerical results, is obtained for simplified conditions, but the extension to more general cases is discussed. 相似文献
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Ocean Dynamics - The wind-driven circulation of coastal oceans has been studied for many decades. Using a 2.5-dimensional hydrodynamic model, this work unravels new aspects inherent with this... 相似文献
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John P. Ryan Andrew M. Fischer Raphael M. Kudela James F.R. Gower Stephanie A. King Roman Marin Francisco P. Chavez 《Continental Shelf Research》2009,29(5-6):785-795
It has recently been shown that inner shelf waters of NE Monterey Bay, California function as an “extreme bloom incubator”, frequently developing dense “red tide” blooms that can rapidly spread. Located within the California Current upwelling system, this open bay is strongly influenced by oceanographic dynamics resulting from cycles of upwelling favorable winds and their relaxation and/or reversal. Different wind forcing causes influx of different water types that originate outside the bay: cold nutrient-rich waters during upwelling and warm nutrient-poor waters during relaxation. In this study, we examine how the bay's bloom incubation area can interact with highly variable circulation to cause red tide spreading, dispersal and retention. This examination of processes is supported by satellite, airborne and in situ observations of a major dinoflagellate bloom during August and September of 2004. Remote sensing of high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution shows that the bloom originated in the NE bay, where it was highly concentrated in a narrow band along a thermal front. Upwelling circulation rapidly spread part of the bloom, mixing cool waters of an upwelling filament with warm bloom source waters as they spread. Vertical migration of the dinoflagellate populations was mapped by autonomous underwater vehicle surveys through the spreading bloom. Following bloom expansion, a two-day wind reversal forced intrusion of warm offshore waters that dispersed much of the bloom. Upwelling winds then resumed, and the bloom was further dispersed by an influx of cold water. Throughout these oceanographic responses to changing winds, an intense bloom persisted in sheltered waters of the NE bay, where extreme blooms are most frequent and intense. Microscopic examination of surface phytoplankton samples from the central bay showed that spreading of the bloom from the NE bay and mixing with regional water masses resulted in significantly increased abundance of dinoflagellates and decreased abundance of diatoms. Similar dinoflagellate bloom incubation sites are indicated in other areas of the California Current system and other coastal upwelling systems. Through frequent bloom development and along-coast transports, relatively small incubation sites may significantly influence larger regions of the coastal marine ecosystems in which they reside. 相似文献
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Records of wind, air temperature and air pressure from nine stations, situated along the shoreline of Lake Geneva, Switzerland, were analyzed for the summer period May to September. At all stations the consistent appearance of significant spectral peaks and changes in wind direction at the diurnal frequency indicates the importance of lake-land breezes. It is shown that the surrounding topography has a strong modifying effect (temporal and spatial) on the lake-land breeze. Superimposed on this cyclic wind pattern, short episodes of strong winds with long fetch over parts of Lake Geneva are regularly observed. Both of these winds exert a spatially variable wind stress over the lake surface on the same time scale. Typical examples of the expected lakes response are presented, among them the seasonally persistent gyre in the central part of the lake. Evidence is provided that this dominant circulation is part of a direct cyclonic circulation, generated by the curl of the diurnal wind field. It is concluded that the mean circulation is caused by these winds and affected by the topography of the surrounding land.Present address: Environmental Protection Agency, Perth 6009, Australia 相似文献
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The oceanic mixed layer (OML) response to an idealized hurricane with different propagation speeds is investigated using a
two-layer reduced gravity ocean model. First, the model performances are examined with respect to available observations relative
to Hurricane Frances (2004). Then, 11 idealized simulations are performed with a Holland (Mon Weather Rev 108(8):1212–1218,
1980) symmetric wind profile as surface forcing with storm propagation speeds ranging from 2 to 12 m s−1. By varying this parameter, the phasing between atmospheric and oceanic scales is modified. Consequently, it leads to different
momentum exchanges between the hurricane and the OML and to various oceanic responses. The present study determines how OML
momentum and heat budgets depend on this parameter. The kinetic energy flux due to surface wind stress is found to strongly
depend on the propagation speed and on the cross-track distance from the hurricane center. A resonant regime between surface
winds and near-inertial currents is clearly identified. This regime maximizes locally the energy flux into the OML. For fast-moving
hurricanes (>6 m s−1), the ratio of kinetic energy converted into turbulence depends only on the wind stress energy input. For slow-moving hurricanes
(<6 m s−1), the upwelling induced by current divergence enhances this conversion by shallowing the OML depth. Regarding the thermodynamic
response, two regimes are identified with respect to the propagation speed. For slow-moving hurricanes, the upwelling combined
with a sharp temperature gradient at the OML base formed in the leading part of the storm maximizes the oceanic heat loss.
For fast propagation speeds, the resonance mechanism sets up the cold wake on the right side of the hurricane track. These
results suggest that the propagation speed is a parameter as important as the surface wind speed to accurately describe the
oceanic response to a moving hurricane. 相似文献
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Prakash Mehra Michael N. Tsimplis R. G. Prabhudesai Antony Joseph Andrew G. P. Shaw Y. K. Somayajulu Paolo Cipollini 《Ocean Dynamics》2010,60(4):819-833
The contribution of atmospheric pressure and local wind to sea level variability at Goa (West coast of India) for the period
2007–2008 is investigated. Sea level data from a tide gauge are compared with measured local surface meteorological as well
as oceanographic data. Multilinear regression analysis is used to resolve the dependence of sea level on various forcing parameters.
The multilinear regression analysis performed over approx. 2-year data shows that the local surface meteorological data and
water temperature account for the sea level variability only up to 6%. The accounted sea level variability increases to 25%,
when the local wind and the surface currents obtained from satellite altimetry in the near vicinity of the study area are
incorporated in the regression analysis. The contribution of local wind increases substantially when the regression is performed
over a 2-month duration, and it is variable within the year. During the summer monsoon season (May–September), the sea level
variability attributable to wind is up to 47% and 75%, respectively, for 2007 and 2008; however, it reduces to <20% during
the winter monsoon (November–February) season. A significant part of the variability observed in sea level remains unaccounted
for and is attributed to remote forcing. 相似文献
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David A. Greenberg Frédéric Dupont Florent H. Lyard Daniel R. Lynch Francisco E. Werner 《Continental Shelf Research》2007
The baroclinic and barotropic properties of ocean processes vary on many scales. These scales are determined by various factors such as the variations in coastline and bottom topography, the forcing meteorology, the latitudinal dependence of the Coriolis force, and the Rossby radius of deformation among others. In this paper we attempt to qualify and quantify scales of these processes, with particular attention to the horizontal resolution necessary to accurately reproduce physical processes in numerical ocean models. We also discuss approaches taken in nesting or down-scaling from global/basin-scale models to regional-scale or shelf-scale models. Finally we offer comments on how vertical resolution affects the representation of stratification in these numerical models. 相似文献
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Shiliang Shan Jinyu Sheng Keith Richard Thompson David Alexander Greenberg 《Ocean Dynamics》2011,61(7):951-976
Halifax Harbour is located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is one of the world’s largest, ice-free natural
harbours and of great economic importance to the region. A good understanding of the physical processes controlling tides,
flooding, transport and dispersion, and hydrographic variability is required for pollution control and sustainable development
of the Harbour. For the first time, a multi-nested, finite difference coastal ocean circulation model is used to reconstruct
the three-dimensional circulation and hydrography of the Harbour and its variability on timescales of hours to months for
2006. The model is driven by tides, wind and sea level pressure, air-sea fluxes of heat, and terrestrial buoyancy fluxes associated
with river and sewage discharge. The predictive skill of the model is assessed by comparing the model simulations with independent
observations of sea level from coastal tide gauges and currents from moored instruments. The simulated hydrography is also
compared against a new monthly climatology created from all available temperature and salinity observations made in the Harbour
over the last century. It is shown that the model can reproduce accurately the main features of the observed tides and storm
surge, seasonal mean circulation and hydrography, and wind driven variations. The model is next used to examine the main physical
processes controlling the circulation and hydrography of the Harbour. It is shown that non-linear interaction between tidal
currents and complex topography occurs over the Narrows. The overall circulation can be characterized as a two-layer estuarine
circulation with seaward flow in the thin upper layer and landward flow in the broad lower layer. An important component of
this estuarine circulation is a relatively strong, vertically sheared jet situated over a narrow sill connecting the inner
Harbour to the deep and relatively quiescent Bedford Basin. Local wind driven variability is strongest in winter as expected
but it is also shown that a significant part of the temperature and salinity variability is driven by physical processes occurring
on the adjacent inner continental shelf, especially during storm and coastal upwelling events. 相似文献
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A two-dimensional numerical model is applied to a coastal ocean wherein alongshore elevation and density gradients, normally calculated by a three-dimensional model, are instead supplied by climatologically averaged data for the California Current System between 25 and 40°N. Surface wind stress is also obtained from climatological data. Both surface and bottom boundary layers are resolved in the model calculations; a second moment turbulence closure submodel supplies vertical diffusivities. Near steady state solutions are possible when surface buoyancy flux is imposed at the surface.Model results are as follows: Southward wind stress produces a broad equatorward current with an embedded coastal jet in accordance with previous studies. Positive wind stress curl reduces the jet current and produces a poleward undercurrent which then surfaces as the curl is increased. The jet currents are reduced and poleward flow increases as bottom steepness increases; to a lesser extent, inclusion of the beta effect has a similar effect. The existence of near bottom, poleward or equatorward flow is explained rather simply in terms of the bottom stress resulting from the alongshore balance of surface wind stress and vertically integrated pressure gradient, the latter involving the alongshore surface elevation and density gradient. A further finding is that the upwelling circulation associated with wind stress is confined to the top 200 to 300 m of the ocean along the California coast. 相似文献
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Seasonal variations of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent induced by the meridional migration of the trade winds 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hideharu Sasaki Shang-Ping Xie Bunmei Taguchi Masami Nonaka Yukio Masumoto 《Ocean Dynamics》2010,60(3):705-715
Seasonal variations of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent (HLCC) are investigated using satellite observations of sea surface
height and wind stress as well as eddy-resolving ocean model simulations. The HLCC is strong from summer to winter and weak
in spring between the dateline and the Hawaiian Islands. In response to the seasonal migration of the northeast trade winds
in the meridional direction, the wind curl dipole lee of Hawaii varies in strength, exciting westward-propagating Rossby waves.
The analyses of both observations and simulations show that the propagation of Rossby waves south of the HLCC, driven by the
southern pole of the wind curl dipole in the lee of the islands, contributes the most to the seasonal variations of the HLCC.
Unlike the wind-driven seasonal variations, our analysis suggests that other mechanisms such as mode water intrusion or air–sea
interaction may cause the interannual variations of the HLCC. 相似文献
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Previous studies have shown that flow curvature in river bends generates a secondary circulation in the plane normal to the mean flow direction. A similar circulation pattern is shown to exist in oceanic situations when flows are subject to curvature, mainly due to interaction with topographic features. However, it is shown that, due to differences between oceanic conditions and river bends, theory and prediction methods based on the assumptions for river bends are invalid for oceanic flows. Via scaling arguments based on the equations of motion, that include both the effects of flow curvature and the Coriolis force, parameters that govern the different flow regimes are identified. The maximum strength of the secondary flow is derived for each flow regime and is verified using a three-dimensional (3-D) numerical model applied to an idealized island. It is also shown that upwelling, due to the generation of secondary flow, occurs off the tips of the headland or island, and its influence can extend far downstream.Responsible Editor: Richard Signell 相似文献
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Prakash Amol Vijayakumaran Vijith Vijayan Fernando Premanand Pednakar Jai Singh 《Ocean Dynamics》2018,68(12):1607-1623
A linear coastal-trapped-wave (CTW) model is used to examine the effects of large-scale winds, with time scale ranging from a few days to a few weeks, on the West India Coastal Current (WICC), particularly on the shelf off the central west coast of India. We show that unlike the seasonal cycle of WICC, which is primarily forced by the winds along the east coast of India, the high-frequency WICC is mostly driven by the west-coast winds. Nevertheless, the influence of winds as far as Sri Lanka and east coast of India cannot be neglected. Simple numerical experiments with the CTW model show that the strong current observed at Goa (15° N) compared to Bhatkal (13° N) and Jaigarh (17° N) is due to two factors: (1) the superposition of local and remote CTWs and (2) the widening of shelf width north of Goa, which decreases the amplitude of the currents poleward of Goa. If the local winds are weak, the amplitude of current decreases poleward due to friction, and the current at the south leads the north. We also note that the observed phase difference between sea level and alongshore current at Goa could be attributed to the propagation of remotely forced higher-order modes of CTWs. 相似文献
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Three-dimensional structures of the ionospheric dynamo currents are examined using the neutral winds in a general circulation model of the middle atmosphere at Kyushu University. A quasi-three-dimensional ionospheric dynamo model is constructed assuming an infinite parallel conductivity in the ionosphere. This model is able to simulate both the equatorial electrojet and the global Sq current system successfully. The simulated results reveal that the equatorial electrojet is confined in quite narrow latitudes around the equator accompanied with meridional current circulations and satisfies a non-divergent structure mainly within the E region. A vertically stratified double layered structure is seen in the east–west current density near the focus latitude of the global Sq current system. It is shown that the stratified structure mainly consists of the east–west Hall current associated with the eastward wind of zonal wavenumbers 1 and 2 in the lower altitudes and the westward wind of zonal wavenumber 2 in the upper altitudes. The day-to-day variation of the neutral winds can significantly vary the induced ionospheric dynamo current system, which is recognized as changes of the focus latitude and/or the maximum value of the equatorial electrojet. 相似文献
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Ana Rita Carrasco Theocharis Plomaritis Johan Reyns Óscar Ferreira Dano Roelvink 《Ocean Dynamics》2018,68(9):1121-1139
This study evaluates the patterns and effects of relative sea-level rise on the tidal circulation of the basin of the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon using a process-based model that is solved on an unstructured mesh. To predict the changes in the lagoon tidal circulation in the year 2100, the model is forced by tides and a static sea level. The bathymetry and the basin geometry are updated in response to sea-level rise for three morphological response scenarios: no bed updating, barrier island rollover, and basin infilling. Model results indicate that sea-level rise (SLR) will change the baseline current velocity patterns inside the lagoon over the ~100-year study period, due to a strong reduction in the area of the intertidal basin. The basin infilling scenario is associated with the most important adjustments of the tidal circulation (i.e., increases in the flood velocities and delays in the ebb tide), together with an increase in the cumulative discharges of the tidal inlets. Under sea-level rise and in the basin infilling scenario, the salt marshes and tidal flats experience increases in the tidal range and current asymmetry. Basin infilling changes the sediment flushing capacity of the lagoon, leading to the attenuation of the flood dominance in the main inlet and the strengthening of the flood dominance in the two secondary inlets. The predictions resulting from these scenarios provide very useful information on the long-term evolution of similar coastal lagoons that experience varying degrees of SLR. This study highlights the need for research focusing on the quantification of the physical and socio-economic impacts of SLR on lagoon systems, thus enabling the development of effective adaptation strategies. 相似文献
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The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) in South China's Guangdong Province is a subtropical estuary with highly irregular topography
and dynamically complicated circulations. A nested-grid coastal circulation modelling system is used in this study to examine
dynamic responses of the PRE to tides, meteorological forcing and buoyancy forcing. The nested-grid modelling system is based
on the Princeton Ocean Model and consists of three downscaling subcomponents: including an outer-most model with a coarse
horizontal resolution of ~7 km for simulating tidally forced and wind-driven surface elevations and depth-mean currents over
the China Seas from Bohai Sea to the northern South China Sea and an innermost model with a fine resolution of ~1.2 km for
simulating the 3D coastal circulation and hydrography over the PRE and adjacent coastal waters. Model results during the winter
northeast monsoon surge in January and super typhoon Koryn in June of 1993 are used to demonstrate that the 3D coastal circulation
and hydrographic distributions in the PRE are affected by tides, winds and buoyancy forcing associated with river discharge
from the Pearl River with significant seasonal and synoptic variabilities. 相似文献
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Ocean Dynamics - In the Yellow Sea (YS), besides the energetic tidal forcing, winds also induce strong vertical mixing, especially in the summer season when the thermocline is well developed. The... 相似文献
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The mathematical model for the nearly horizontal circulation due to wind, tides and density gradients in 3-D coastal areas is solved by a combined use of the method of finite elements and the integration in fractional steps. The discretisation of the flow domain is achieved through a system of 1-D finite elements over the depth, z, and 2-D finite elements in x?y space. The differential operators of the momentum equations in x and y, are split and integrated separately in z and x?y dimensions. The method is an extension of a previously presented approach combining finite differences and expansion in series. The application refers to the wind induced circulation in the 3-D coastal basin of Thessaloniki Bay. 相似文献