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Author (up) Kvaleberg, E
Title Generation of Cold Core Filaments and Eddies Through Baroclinic Instability on a Continental Shelf Type $loc['typeManuscript']
Year 2004 Publication Abbreviated Journal
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Keywords Eddies, Baroclinic Instability, Filaments, Numerical Modeling, Shelf
Abstract The formation of cold core filaments on an idealized continental shelf is investigated using a numerical model to simulate the ocean's response to surface cooling. A horizontal density gradient forms because of uneven buoyancy loss due to the sloping bottom, and this gradient induces an alongshelf current in thermal wind balance, that in time becomes unstable. As the instabilities grow, filaments, and later eddies, are generated so that dense water near the coast is mixed offshore. Scaling arguments of the filament wavelength indicate that the current is baroclinically unstable, and an analytical model of the frontal expansion with time is in very good agreement with the simulations. This study was inspired by satellite observations of sea surface temperature on the West Florida Shelf during the winter months, in which it is clearly seen that cold core filaments extend from a thermal front. Numerical experiments are therefore designed to allow for reliable comparisons with conditions in this region.
Address Department of Oceanography
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Publisher Florida State University Place of Publication Tallahassee, FL Editor
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 592
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Author (up) Kvaleberg, E.; Morey, S. L.; O'Brien, J. J.
Title Type $loc['typeReport']
Year 2004 Publication The influence of Coriolis on instability wavelengths Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 08.11-08.12
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Publisher World Meteorological Organization Place of Publication Geneva, Switzerland Editor Cote, J.
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Series Editor Series Title Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, Report No. 34 Abbreviated Series Title
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 893
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Author (up) Kvaleberg, E.; Morey, S. L.; O'Brien, J. J.
Title Modeling frontal instabilities in the Gulf of Mexico Type $loc['typeReport']
Year Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 08.08-08.09
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Publisher World Meteorological Organization Place of Publication Geneva, Switzerland Editor Cote, J.
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Series Editor Series Title Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, Report No. 33 Abbreviated Series Title
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 871
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Author (up) Kvaleberg, E; Morey, SL; O'Brien, JJ
Title Frontogenesis and subsequent formation of cold filaments and eddies on an idealized shelf Type $loc['typeConference Article']
Year 2003 Publication OCEANS 2003 MTS/IEEE: Celebrating the Past... Teaming toward the Future Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 2831-2834
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Area Expedition Conference MTS/IEEE Conference on Celebrating the Past - Teaming Toward the Future
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 489
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