Models of Marginal Seas Partially Enclosed by Islands

Abstract

This project represents the next step in my continuing effort to construct simple, theoretical models of western marginal sea-open ocean systems, which explain how large-scale forcing over the open ocean drives a circulation through the sea and how this circulation is distributed through possible straits connecting the marginal sea to the open ocean. A motivating factor for this research is the need to understand how to best represent these systems in 3-D numerical models of the ocean circulation being developed for prediction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA619152

Entities

People

  • Roxana C. Wajsowicz

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Energy
  • Frequency
  • Group Velocity
  • Indian Ocean
  • Information Operations
  • Landforms
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Space Sciences
  • Three Dimensional
  • Universities
  • Wave Power
  • Waves
  • Wind Stress

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design