Final Project Assignment-OC4331, Fall 98 (This is a sample from an earlier quarter...It will be updated for Fall 99)

List of Projects, Students, and Dates

Order of Presentation and Dates

Instructions

Your final project will consist of a report 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:

  1. All projects will be group efforts. Each group member will be expected to contribute equally to the project.
  2. All projects will research a topic and prepare a written report between 5 and 20 pages with figures, discussion, and references.
  3. Each project should be based on group research results from 5-10 research papers, textbooks, and the web.
  4. All projects will be presented in 40-50 minutes to the class by members of the group.
  5. All reports must be submitted in hardcopy and electronic format using either MS-Word or WordPerfect Mac or PC format. Include imbedded figures where possible.
  6. All presentation will take place during the last two weeks of class. 1-2 Presentations/class period; Random drawing for the order of presentations
  7. Each report/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.
  8. Each project will be graded on both organization and content.
  9. 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. The list will grow through the end of the course.

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Topic Overview Students Presentation
Date
SYNOP and Other Recent Gulf Stream Experiments This project should focus on the SYNOP experiment and compare and contrast the results and methods with the CCR and WCR Experiments in the early 80s. Other recent obserational or modeling results from the Gulf Stream System would be appropriate. TBA 4-12 Dec
Objective Analysis versus Alternative Mapping Methods This project should expand on our description of O.A. and compare it with other methods for mapping disparate data, including Multi-quatric analysis and EOF or mode-type mapping. Smith-PJ, Pibernat, Pinto, Eleuterio, Delgado, Stanton 4-12 Dec
Other Ring Systems This project should focus on the other important western boundary current regions with strong ring production such as the Algulhas Current and the East Australian Current. Cipriano, Monroe, Bryan, Cox, Taber 4-12 Dec
An Overview of CNMOC Ocean Data Sources and Products This project should research and report on the various operational ocean products released by all of the Navy Metoc centers with particular focus on mesoscale products. The report should describe the locations and web addresses of all the centers and their inter-relationships, if any, in addition to listing available products. Borbash, Moore, Dimitriou, Milot, Ulses, Schnabel 4-12 Dec
Acoustic Propagation through Eddies and Fronts Description of the impacts, if any, on acoustic propagation due to the presence of various mesoscale features, such as Rings, eddies, and fronts. Results can be based on published papers and reports, and on model simulations. Katz, Clogston, Speckhahn, Kuninaka, Russnogle, Veneziano, Stougard, Constantian, Smith-PE 4-12 Dec
Shallow Water Fronts Description of contemporary papers and field experiments on fronts in the coastal zone, such as shelf break fronts and upwelling fronts. TBA 4-12 Dec

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Number Names Date Day
1 TBA 4 Dec Thur
2 TBA 8 Dec Mon
3 TBA 9 Dec Tues
4 TBA 10 Dec Wed
5 TBA 11 Dec Thur
*************** References from Prior Class Presentations *****************
Topic Reference
Shelf Break
Fronts 		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.
Shelf Break
Fronts 		Parsons, Rost A., Ph.D. Dissertation and pub: Barents Sea shelf break front from observations and acoustic tomography
Gulf Stream
Frontal Eddies 		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.
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. GrŸndlingh, 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.
Eddies in the
Norwegian
Coastal Current 		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.
Gulf of Mexico
Loop Current
Eddies 		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.
East Australia
Current Rings		 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.
Eddies & Fronts
from Altimetry		 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.
BT Rossby Wave-
Eddy Interaction		 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.
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.
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.
Cal. Curr. Sys.
Filaments/Eddies		 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.
Cal. Curr. Sys.
Eddy Dist./Prop. 		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.
Drifter Eddy Obs. Sanderson, B.G., 1995: Structure of an eddy measured with drifters. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 6761-6776.
OTIS-style
Bogusing Ops.		 My experiences as a soldier in the small army of analysts. J. Hard Knocks, 1, 1-1000.
General Circ. &
Eddy Scaling 		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.
Cal. Curr. Sys.
Filaments/Eddies		 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.
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.
Instability of the
Subtropical Front		 Halliwell, G.R., G. Peng, and D.B. Olson, 1994: Stability of the Sargasso Sea Subtropical Frontal Zone. J. Phys. Oceang., 24, 1166-1183.
O.A. vs Mult-
Quadric Analysis		 Nuss, W.A., and D. W. Titley, 1994: Use of multiquadric interp- olation for meteorological objective analysis. Monthly Weather Review, 122, 1611-1631.
Recent modeling of
Warm Core Ring
82-B		 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.
Acoustic Propagation
through Eddies		 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.
Modeling Eddies
with Chaos		 Liu, Z., and H. Yang, 1994: The intergyre chaotic transport. J. Phys. Oceanog., 24, 1768-1782.
Cal. Curr. Sys.
Filaments/Eddies		 Batteen, M.L., 1996: Wind-forced modeling studies of currents, meanders, and eddies in the California Current System. J. Geophys. Res., Submitted.