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Modeling the gulf stream system: how far from reality?
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gangopadhyay, Avijit Bryan, Frank O. Holland, William R. Choa, Yi |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | Analyses of a primitive equation ocean model simulation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation at 1/6 deg horizontal resolution are presented with a focus on the Gulf Stream region. Among many successful features of this simulation, this letter describes the Gulf Stream separation from the coast of North America near Cape Hatteras, meandering of the Gulf Stream between Cape Hatteras and the Grand Banks, and the vertical structure of temperature and velocity associated with the Gulf Stream. These results demonstrate significant improvement in modeling the Gulf Stream system using basin- to global scale ocean general circulation models. Possible reasons responsible for the realistic Gulf Stream simulation are discussed, contrasting the major differences between the present model configuration and those of previous eddy resolving studies. |
| File Size | 442140 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980209704 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2q57j611 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Oceanography Coasts Scale Models Atlantic Ocean Vertical Distribution Gulf Stream Ocean Models Simulation Primitive Equations Vortices North America Mathematical Models Resolution Ocean Currents Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
