Final Project Assignment-OC4331, Winter
06
(to be updated; pointers below for prior classes)
This Quarter's Selections : Topics, Students, and Dates
Order of Presentation and Dates
List of Topics to choose from
Instructions
Your final project will consist of a single-page summary (using supplied WWW template ) and an in-class presentation on one of the topics we have already discussed during the quarter. The goals of the projects are to: 1) provide a more in-depth account of several of the processes outlined during the course and 2) to improve/test your ability to organize a short report and presentation for maximum effectiveness, and 3) Provide a resource for this and future mesoscale classes. Some of the important ground rules are given below:
- All projects will be individual efforts.
- All projects will research a topic and prepare an electronic summary with references (1-3 pages).
- Each project should be based on 1-2 research papers, textbooks, and the web.
- All projects will be presented in 20-30 minutes during week 11 of class; Volunteers followed by random drawing for the order of presentations.
- Summaries will follow WWW template supplied by instructor: 1) Click link to the www template, 2) File-Save As-Source, 3) Edit file with a word processor or HTML web page authoring tool (e.g., Netscape Composer) to replace sections with relevant material, figures, and references.
- Each summary/presentation must clearly describe the connection to earlier discussions during the quarter in the beginning of the report or talk. Introduce your project by stating which prior discussion topic it will address.
- Each project will be graded on both organization and content.
- All presentations should be attended by all course participants. Attendance will count toward individual presentation grades.
The topics below available for final projects. You are not free to choose topics from outside this list without prior consultation of the instructor.
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Kuroshio Current System |
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Acoustics and Eddies |
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Lagrangian Systems |
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Mediterranean Eddies |
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Gulf of Alaska Eddies |
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Agulhas Rings |
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Shelf Break Fronts
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8 |
MacDonald
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Gulf of Mexico Rings
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9 |
Roush |
Meddies |
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10 |
Indian Ocean Mesoscale |
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11 |
Frontal Instabilities |
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12 |
Norwegian Coastal Current |
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13 |
Leuwin Current |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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12:Singh, Roush, Keefer TBD |
13: Dare, Stahlhut, Derley TBD |
14:Cherret, MacDonald |
15: overflow |
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W00 Presentations |
U00 Presentations |
U01 Presentations |
F02 Presentations |
U02 Presentations |
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CCS Eddies and Filaments |
Mathias Roth Victor Ross |
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Multi-quadric vs. Objective Analysis |
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Shelf Break Fronts |
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Jeffrey Dixon Bradley Storey |
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Frontal Instabilities |
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Eddies and Fronts from Altimetry |
Timothy Ray Rob Holt |
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Agulhas Rings |
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Loop Current Eddies |
Claude Gahard Juan Aguliar |
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SYNOP/Other Recent Gulf Stream Osbervations |
Marn Balolong |
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Kuroshio Mesoscale Features |
AuChuan Ong Nick Vincent |
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Lagrangian Eddy Statistics |
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Meddies |
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Review of CNMOC products or O.A. vs M.Q. |
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Persian Gulf Eddies |
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Gulf Stream Frontal Eddies |
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Acoustics and Eddies |
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James Rasure |
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Brazil/Malvinas Rings |
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Eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current |
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Somali Current Eddies |
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Shallow Sea Fronts |
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Mesoscale motion in the Beaufort Gyre |
William Sommer |
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Alaskan Coastal Current |
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East Australian Current |
Kristi Tjoa Colleen O'Malley |
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Possible References�� |
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Shelf Break |
Beardsley, R.C., D.C. Chapman, K.H. Brink, S.R. Ramp, and R. Schlitz, 1985: The Nantucket Shoals Flux Experiment (NSFE79). Part I: A basic description of the current and temperature variability. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 15 , 713-748. Gawarkiewicz, G., and D.C. Chapman,
1992: The role of stratification in the formation and maintenance
of shelf-break fronts. J. Phys. Oceang. , 22, 753-772. Parsons, Rost A., Ph.D. Dissertation and pub: Barents Sea shelf break front from observations and acoustic tomography |
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Gulf Stream |
Glenn, S.M., and C.S. Ebbesmeyer, 1994: The structure and propagation of a Gulf Stream frontal eddy along the North Carolina shelf break. J. Geophys. Res. , 99 , 5029-5046. Glenn, S.M., and C.S. Ebbesmeyer, 1994: Observations of Gulf Stream frontal eddies in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras. J. Geophys. Res. , 99, 5047-5056. |
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SYNOP/Recent Gulf Stream Observations |
Shay, T.J., and J.M. Bane, 1995: Gulf Stream flow field and events near 68&endash; W. J. Geophys. Res ., 100, 22565-22589. Johns, W.E., T.J. Shay, J.M. Bane, and D.R. Watts, 1995: Gulf Stream structure, transport, and recirculation near 68&endash; W. J. Geophys. Res ., 100, 817-838. Watts, D.R., K.L. Tracey, J.M. Bane, and T. J. Shay, 1995: Gulf Stream path and thermocline structure near 74&endash; W and 68&endash; W. J. Geophys. Res ., 100, 18291-18312. |
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Agulhas Rings |
Lutjeharms, J.R.E., and R.C. van Ballegooyen, 1988: The retroflection of the Agulhas Current. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 18, 1570-1583. van Ballegooyen, R.C., M.L. Gr��ndlingh, and J.R.E. Lutjeharms, 1994: Eddy fluxes of heat and salt from the southwest Indian Ocean into the southeast Atlantic Ocean: A case study. J. Geophys. Res. , 99 , 14053-14050. Schmitz, W.J. Jr., 1996: On the World Ocean Circulation: Volume II, The Pacific and Indian Oceans/A Global Update. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report WHOI-96-08 , Woods Hole, MA. |
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Eddies in the |
Johannessen, J.A., E. Svendsen, S. Sandven, O.M. Johannessen, and K. Lygre, 1989: Three-dimensional structure of mesoscale eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 19, 3-19. Ikeda, M., J.A. Johannessen, K. Lygre, and S. Sandven, 1989: A process study of mesoscale meanders and eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current. J. Phys. Oceang. , 19, 20-35. Poulain, P.M., A. Warn-Varnas, and P.P. Niiler, 1996: Near-surface circulation of the Nordic Seas as measured by Lagrangian drifters. J. Geophys. Res. , 101, 18237-18258. |
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Gulf of Mexico |
Lewis, J.K., and A.D. Kirwan, Jr., 1987: Genesis of a Gulf of Mexico Ring as determined from kinematic analyses. J. Geophys. Res. , 92, 11727-11740. Sturges, W., J.C. Evans, S. Welsh, and W. Holland, 1993: Separation of a warm-core ring in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 23, 250-268. |
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Lagrangian Eddy |
Poulain, P.-M., and P.P. Niiler, 1989: Statistical analysis of the surface circulation in the California Current System using satellite-tracked drifters. J. Phys. Oceanogr ., 19, 1588-1603. Paduan, J.D., and P.P. Niiler, 1993: Structure of velocity and temperature in the northeast Pacific as measured with Lagrangian drifters in Fall 1987. J. Phys. Oceanogr ., 23, 585-600. Swenson, M.S., and P.P. Niiler, 1996: Statistical analysis of the surface circulation of the California Current. J. Geophys. Res ., 101, 22631-22645. Davis, R.E. (2005 float review paper) |
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East Australia |
Nilsson, C.S., and G.R. Cresswell, 1981: The formation and evolution of East Australia Current warm-core eddies. Prog. Oceanog. , 9, 133-183. Cresswell, G.R., and R. Legeckis, 1986: Eddies off southeastern Australia. Deep-Sea Res. , 33, 1527-1562. |
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Eddies & Fronts |
Hernandez, F., P.-Y. Le Traon, and R. Morrow, 1995: Mapping mesoscale variability of the Azores Current using TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS 1 altimetry, together with hydrographic and Lagrangian measurements. J. Geophys. Res. , 100 , 24995-25006. Kelly, K.A., R.C. Beardsley, R. Limeburner, K.H. Brink, J.D. Paduan, and T.K Chereskin, 1998: Variability of the near-surface eddy kinetic energy in the California Current based on altimetric, drifter, and moored current data. J. Geophys. Res ., 103, 13067-13083. Strub, P.T., and C. James, 1998: Altimeter-derived variability of surface velocities in the California Current System: 2. Seasonal circulation and eddy statistics. Deep-Sea Res ., In Press. |
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BT Rossby Wave- |
Louis, J.P., B.D. Petrie, and P.C. Smith, 1982: Observations of topographic Rossby waves on the continental margin off Nova Scotia. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 12 , 47-55. Louis, J.P., and P.C. Smith, 1982: The development of the barotropic radiation field of an eddy over a slope. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 12, 56-73. |
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Meddies. |
Richardson, P.L., D. Walsh, L. Armi, M. Schroder, and J.F. Price, 1989: Tracking three meddies with SOFAR floats. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 19, 371-383. Prater, M.D., and T.B. Sanford, 1994: A meddy off Cape St. Vincent. Part I: Description. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 24, 1572-1586. Iorga, M.C., and M.S. Lozier, 1999: Signatures of Mediterranean outflow from a North Atlantic climatology. 1. Salinity and density fields. J. Geophs. Res. , 104, 25985-26009. Iorga, M.C., and M.S. Lozier, 1999: Signatures of Mediterranean outflow from a North Atlantic climatology. 2. Diagnostic velocity fields. J. Geophs. Res. , 104, 26011-26029. |
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Persian Gulf Eddies |
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POLYMODE Results |
Shen, C.Y., J.C. McWilliams, B.A. Taft, C.C. Ebbesmeyer, and E.J. Lindstrom, 1986: The mesoscale spatial structure and evolution of dynamical and scalar properties observed in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean during the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. J. Phys. Oceang. , 16, 454-482. |
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EBC Systems |
Batteen, M.L., C.N. Lopes da Costa, and C.S. Nelson, 1992: A numerical study of wind stress curl effects on eddies and filaments off the northwest coast of the Iberian Penisula. J. Marine Systems , 3, 249-266. |
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Cal. Curr. Sys. |
Parres-Sierra, A., W.B. White, and C.-K. Tai, 1993: Wind- driven coastal generation of annual mesoscale eddy activity in the California Current. J. Phys. Oceanog. , 23, 1110-1121. See also, eddies from altimetry above. |
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Drifter Eddy Obs. |
Sanderson, B.G., 1995: Structure of an eddy measured with drifters. J. Geophys. Res. , 100 , 6761-6776. See also, drifter statistics above. |
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An Overview of |
My experiences as a soldier in the small army of analysts. J. Hard Knocks , 1 , 1-1000. |
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General Circ. & |
Gill, A.E., J.S.A. Green, and A.J. Simmons, 1974: Energy partition in the large-scale ocean circulation and the production of mid-ocean eddies. Deep-Sea Res. , 21 , 499-528. |
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Cal. Curr. Sys. |
Rienecker, M.M., and C.N.K. Mooers, 1989. A summary of the OPTOMA Program's mesoscale ocean prediction studies in the California Current System. Mesoscale/Synoptic Coherent Structures in Geophysical Turbulence , J.C.J. Nihoul and B.M. Jamart, ed., Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam. Batteen, M.L., 1997: Wind-forced modeling studies of currents, meanders, and eddies in the California Current System. J. Geophys. Res. , 102, 985-1010. |
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Eastern Boundary Current |
Chereskin et al., TBA |
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Acoustics & Eddies |
Henrick, R.F., W.L. Siegmann, and M.J. Jacobson, 1977: General analysis of ocean eddy effects for sound transmission applications. J. Acoustical Soc. of Amer. , 62 , 860-870. Henrick, R.F., M.J. Jacobson, and W.L. Siegmann, 1980: General effects of currents and sound-speed variations on short range acoustic transmission in cyclonic eddies. J. Acoustical Soc. of Amer., 67 , 121-134. Vastano, A.C., and G.E. Owens, 1973: On the acoustic characteristics of Gulf Stream cyclonic rings. J. Phys. Oceanog., 3 , 470-478. Anonymous, 1975: Movement and acoustic influences of cyclonic eddies. Naval Research Reviews , 28, 1-12. |
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Instability of the |
Halliwell, G.R., G. Peng, and D.B. Olson, 1994: Stability of the Sargasso Sea Subtropical Frontal Zone. J. Phys. Oceang. , 24, 1166-1183. |
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O.A. vs Mult- |
Nuss, W.A., and D. W. Titley, 1994: Use of multiquadric interp- olation for meteorological objective analysis. Monthly Weather Review , 122, 1611-1631. |
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Recent modeling of |
Hooker, S.B., and J.W. Brown, 1994: Warm core ring dynamics derived from satellite imagery. J. Geophs. Res. , 99, 25181-25194.
Holdzkom, J.J., S.B. Hooker, and A.D. Kirwan, 1995: A comparison of a hydrodynamic lens model to observations of a warm core ring. J. Geophys. Res. , 100, 15889-15897. |
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Modeling Eddies |
Liu, Z., and H. Yang, 1994: The intergyre chaotic transport. J. Phys. Oceanog., 24 , 1768-1782. |
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