Predicting the Optical Properties of the West Florida Shelf: Resolving the Potential Impacts of a Terrestrial Boundary Condition on the Distribution of Colored Dissolved and Particulate Matter
Abstract
This work focuses on the development of ecological and optical interaction equations embedded in a 2D hindcast model of the shallow water optical properties on the West Florida Shelf (WFS) during late summer/fall of 1998. This 2D simulation of the WFS includes one case with a Loop Current intrusion above the 40-m isobath and one with the Loop Current intrusion, in addition to a periodic terrestrial nutrient supply below the 10-m isobath. The ecological and optical interaction equations are an expansion of a previously developed model for open ocean conditions. It was determined from this simulation that while the Loop Current alone was able to predict the water column conditions present during the summer, the Loop Current alone was not enough to simulate the magnitude of optical constituents present in the fall of 1998 when compared to satellite imagery.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 08, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA448911
Entities
People
- Daniel Dye
- Dwight A. Dieterle
- Gabriel A. Vargo
- Gary J. Kirkpatrick
- Oscar M. Schofield
- Robert A. Arnone
- Sharon Debra
- W. P. Bissett
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory