Shallow Water Climatology and Analysis with Application to the Adriatic Sea
Abstract
Long-range operational goals are to: Establish methods for characterizing a variety of littoral environments based on a combination of dynamics and archived measurements. Because this requires an extensible system capable of treating a range of coastal dynamics, considerable understanding of specific processes (e.g. freshwater plumes, upwelling zones, shelfbreak fronts, near-inertial waves) will be essential. Develop methods for assimilating remotely sensed and in situ measurements to produce three-dimensional estimates of instantaneous variability. These contribute to our long-term scientific efforts to understand: The mesoscale dynamics of coastal environments (e.g. fronts, upwelling/downwelling, buoyancy plumes). Interactions between coastal and oceanic waters. Data assimilation techniques as applied to the study of three-dimensional dynamics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA626962
Entities
People
- Craig Lee
Organizations
- University of Washington