West Florida shelf response to upwelling favorable wind forcing: Kinematics

American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Tập 104 Số C6 - Trang 13507-13527 - 1999
Zhenjiang Li1, Robert H. Weisberg1
1Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

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The barotropic responses of the west Florida continental shelf to idealized upwelling favorable alongshore and offshore wind stresses are studied using the three‐dimensional, time‐dependent, primitive equation Princeton Ocean Model (POM). When forced with uniform winds, the shelf circulation evolves quickly to a quasi steady state. A southeastward alongshore wind lowers sea level along the coast and drives a southeastward coastal jet with a relatively weak northwestward return flow farther offshore. A southwestward offshore wind lowers sea level along the west Florida coast and raises sea level along the Panhandle coast. Two independent circulation gyres are set up in association with these regionally different sea level distributions: an anticyclonic gyre off the west Florida coast consisting of a southeastward coastal jet and a broad return flow over the middle shelf and a cyclonic gyre off the Panhandle coast consisting of a strong northwestward coastal jet and an adjacent narrow southeastward undercurrent. These gyres are separated by the Big Bend region. In both cases (alongshore and offshore wind forcing) the circulations are fully three‐dimensional, with opposing surface and bottom boundary layer flows accounting for the across‐shelf transports. The shapes of the coastline and the isobaths are important determinants of the shelf‐wide responses. Several locally maximum upwelling regions are identified for geometrical reasons. These include the Panhandle coast south of Apalachicola Bay, the west Florida coast south of Tampa Bay, along the Florida Keys, and at the shelf break where topographic Rossby waves are evident.

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Tập 104 Số C6

13507-13527

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