A modeling study of the three-dimensional continental shelf circulation off Oregon. Part I: Model-data comparisons

• Published in: Journal of physical oceanography Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 1360 - 1382
• Main Authors: OKE, Peter R, ALLEN, J. S, MILLER, R. N, EGBERT, G. D, AUSTIN, J. A, BARTH, J. A, BOYD, T. J, KOSRO, P. M, LEVINE, M. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.05.2002
• Subjects: Continental shelves; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Ocean currents; Oceanography; Physics of the oceans; Simulation; Thermohaline structure and circulation. Turbulence and diffusion; Oregon; United States; Atlantic Ocean; America; North Atlantic; Columbia River; North America; Pacific Ocean; Wind; Ocean circulation; Continental shelf; Surface current; Model study; Summer; Alongshore circulation; Plume; Forced circulation; Salinity; Three dimensional model; Current measurement; Heating; Depth profile; Numerical simulation; Upwelling; Density fluctuation; Forcing; Stratification; Temperature fluctuation

Sixty-day simulations of the subinertial continental shelf circulation off Oregon are performed for a hindcast study of summer 1999. Model results are compared with in situ currents, high-frequency radar-derived surface currents and hydrographic measurements obtained from an array of moored instrume...