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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: W Sturges , Alexis Lugo-FernandezPublisher: American Geophysical Union Imprint: American Geophysical Union Edition: illustrated edition Volume: 161 Dimensions: Width: 21.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.30cm Weight: 1.292kg ISBN: 9780875904269ISBN 10: 0875904262 Pages: 356 Publication Date: 14 January 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Wilton Sturges and Alexis Lugo-Fernandez vii Introduction W. Sturges, A. Lugo-Fernandez, and M. D. Shargel 1 A Synopsis of the Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico and on its Continental Margins W. J. Schmitz Jr., D. C. Biggs, A. Lugo-Fernandez, L.-Y. Oey, and W. Sturges 11 Loop Current, Rings and Related Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: A Review of Numerical Models and Future Challenges Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, and H.-C. Lee 31 Upper-layer Circulation in the Approaches to Yucatan Channel A. Badan, J. Candela, J. Sheinbaum, and J. Ochoa 57 Eddy Forced Variations in On- and Off-Margin Summertime Circulation Along the 1000-m Isobath of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2000-2003, and Links with Sperm Whale Distributions Along the Middle Slope Douglas C Biggs, Ann E. Jochens, Matthew K. Howard, Steven F. DiMarco, Keith D. Mullin, Robert R. Leben, Frank E. Muller-Karger, and Chuanmin Hu 71 Assessment of Data Assimilative Ocean Models in the Gulf of Mexico Using Ocean Color Eric P. Chassignet, Harley E. Hurlburt, Ole Martin Smedstad, Charlie N. Barron, Dong S. Ko, Robert C. Rhodes, Jay F. Shriver, Alan J. Wallcraft, and Robert A. Arnone 87 A Statistical Description of the Velocity Fields from Upper Ocean Drifters in the Gulf of Mexico Steven F. DiMarco, Worth D. Nowlin, Jr., and R. O. Reid 101 Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coast Sea Level Change Bruce C. Douglas 111 Eddies and Jets Over the Slope of the Northeast Gulf of Mexico Peter Hamilton and Thomas N. Lee 123 Velocity and Transport Characteristics of the Louisiana-Texas Coastal Current Ewa Jarosz and Stephen P. Murray 143 Movies of Surface Drifters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Walter Johnson 157 Barotropic Tides in the Gulf of Mexico Lakshmi Kantha 159 A Regional Data-Assimilative Model for Operational Use in the Gulf of Mexico Lakshmi Kantha, Jei-Kook Choi, Kenneth J. Schaudt and Cortis K. Cooper 165 Altimeter-Derived Loop Current Metrics Robert R. Leben 181 The Seasonal Variability of Continental Shelf Circulation in the Northern and Western Gulf of Mexico From a High-Resolution Numerical Model Steven L. Morey, Jorge Zavala-Hidalgo, and James J. O'Brien 203 Low-Frequency Circulation Over the Texas-Louisiana Continental Shelf Worth D. Nowlin, Jr., Ann E. Jochens, Steven F. DiMarco, Robert O. Reid, and Matthew K. Howard 219 Cyclones and Westward Propagation in the Shedding of Anticyclonic Rings From the Loop Current William J. Schmitz Jr. 241 Deep-Water Exchange Between the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico Wilton Sturges 263 Bay of Campeche Circulation: an Update A. M. Vazquez de la Cerda, R. O. Reid, S. F. DiMarco, and A. E. Jochens 279 Wind and Eddy-related Shelf/Slope Circulation Processes and Coastal Upwelling in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Nan D. Walker 295 Intermediate-Depth Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico Estimated From Direct Measurements Georges I. Weatherly, Nicolas Wienders, and Anastasia Romanou 315 West Florida Shelf Circulation on Synoptic, Seasonal, and Interannual Time Scales Robert H. Weisberg, Ruoying He, Yonggang Liu, and Jyotika I. Virmani 325ReviewsAuthor InformationWilton Sturges and Alexis Lugo-Fernandez are the authors of Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models, published by Wiley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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