Accession Number:

ADA551525

Title:

A Model Study of the Dynamics of Western Boundary Current/Recirculation System

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Liu, Zhengyu

Report Date:

1998-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

My long term goal is to understand the dynamics of the western boundary ocean and its interaction with marginal seas and the general oceanic circulation, and to understand the ingredients necessary to produce a realistic simulation of the variability of the North Pacific and North Atlantic circulation and their interaction with marginal seas.

Descriptors:

• *CIRCULATION
• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• *OCEAN MODELS
• BOUNDARIES
• COASTAL REGIONS
• DYNAMICS
• INTERACTIONS
• NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
• NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
• OCEANS
• RECIRCULATION
• SIMULATION
• WIND

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE