The cold-water pathway during an upwelling event on the New Jersey shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1954-1966

  Yankovsky, Alexander E ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; WIND POWER;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MESOSCALE EDDY; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141940634     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1954:TCPDAU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Allen, J. S., P. A. Newberger, and J. Federiuk, 1995: Upwelling circulation on the Oregon continental shelf. Part I: Response to idealized forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1843-1866.
2. Barth, J. A., 1989: Stability of a coastal upwelling front. Part 2: Model results and comparison with observations. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 10 857-10 883.
3. Chant, R. J., 2001: Evolution of near-inertial waves during an upwelling event on the New Jersey inner shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 746-764.
4. Clarke, A. J., and K. H. Brink, 1985: The response of stratified, frictional flow of shelf and slope waters to fluctuating large-scale, low-frequency wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 439-453.
5. Crépon, M., C. Richez, and M. Chartier, 1984: Effects of coastline geometry on upwelling. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 1365-1382.
6. Csanady, G. T., 1982: Circulation in the Coastal Ocean. D. Reidel, 279 pp.
7. Dever, E. P., 1997: Wind-forced cross-shelf circulation on the northern California shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1566-1580.
8. Garvine, R. W., 1971: A simple model of coastal upwelling dynamics. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 1, 169-179.
9. Gill, A. E., 1982: Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics. Academic Press, 662 pp.
10. Huyer, A., and P. M. Kosro, 1987: Mesoscale surveys over the shelf and slope in the upwelling region near Point Arena, California. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 1655-1681.
11. Large, W. G., and S. Pond, 1981: Open ocean momentum flux measurements in moderate to strong winds. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 324-336.
12. Lentz, S. J., 1987: A heat budget for the Northern California shelf during CODE 2. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 14 491-14 509.
13. Lentz, S. J., 1994: Current dynamics over the Northern California inner shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 2461-2478.
14. Lentz, S. J., 2001: The influence of stratification on the wind-driven cross-shelf circulation over the North Carolina shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 2749-2760.
15. Münchow, A., 2000: Detiding three-dimensional velocity survey data in coastal waters. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 736-748.
16. Münchow, A., and R. J. Chant, 2000: Kinematics of inner shelf motions during the summer stratified season off New Jersey. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 247-268.
17. Philander, S. G. H., and J.-H. Yoon, 1982: Eastern boundary currents and coastal upwelling. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 862-879.
18. Rennie, S. E., J. L. Largier, and S. J. Lentz, 1999: Observations of a pulsed buoyancy current downstream of Chesapeake Bay. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 18 227-18 240.
19. Smith, R. L., 1974: A description of current, wind, and sea level variations during coastal upwelling off the Oregon coast, July-August 1972. J. Geophys. Res., 79, 435-443.
20. Song, Y. T., D. B. Haidvogel, and S. M. Glenn, 2001: Effects of topographic variability on the formation of upwelling centers off New Jersey: A theoretical model. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 9223-9240.
21. Suginohara, N., 1982: Coastal upwelling: Onshore-offshore circulation, equatorward coastal jet and poleward undercurrent over a continental shelf-slope. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 272-284.
22. Tilburg, C. E., and R. W. Garvine, 2003: Three-dimensional flow in a shallow coastal upwelling zone: Alongshore convergence and divergence on the New Jersey shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press.
23. Yankovsky, A. E., and R. W. Garvine, 1998: Subinertial dynamics on the inner New Jersey shelf during the upwelling season. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 2444-2458.
24. Yankovsky, A. E., R. W. Garvine, and A. Münchow, 2000: Mesoscale currents on the inner New Jersey shelf driven by the interaction of buoyancy and wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2214-2230.