Abyssal Current Steering of Upper Ocean Current Pathways in an Ocean Model with High Vertical Resolution

Abstract

Kuroshio Pathway East of Japan Impact of topography and model resolution. Model mean sea surface height forced by Hellerman and Rosenstine (1983, JPO) wind stress climatology from Hurlburt, et al. (1996, JGR-O; 1997, Intl WOCE Newsletter).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 2008
Accession Number
ADA541657

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Tilburg
  • Edward Joseph Metzger
  • Harley E. Hurlburt
  • Jay F. Shriver
  • Patrick J. Hogan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Advection
  • Information Operations
  • Landforms
  • Military Research
  • New England
  • New Zealand
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Steering
  • Stresses
  • Surface Temperature
  • Topography
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers