Observed Currents Over the Outer Continental Shelf to Hurrican Ivan

Abstract

Hurricane Ivan crossed the Gulf of Mexico as a category 4/5 storm before making landfall in Alabama. Here we show in unprecedented detail the oceanic response generated by Ivan as it crossed the outer continental shelf. The current structure was found to be frictionally dominated with overlapping surface and bottom boundary layers as Ivan approached before transitioning to a dominant surface boundary layer as the wind stress peaked. The strongest currents, largest temperature fluctuations, and greatest transports were generated left of the storm track.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 11, 2005
Accession Number
ADA443854

Entities

People

  • David H Wang
  • Douglas A. Mitchell
  • Ewa Jarosz
  • William J. Teague

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Birds
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Frequency
  • Hurricanes
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • North America
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Stresses
  • Surface Temperature
  • Transport Ships
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography