REU: Three Dimensional Modeling Study of Gulf Stream Meanders along the South Atlantic Bight Continental Slope

对美国南部大陆坡的墨西哥湾流进行了理论研究，重点研究了锋面不稳定和弯道的动力学。P.I.早些时候的研究已经证明了两个简单的高宽比及其扰动在决定这些动力学过程中的重要性。在这项研究中，扰动将由地形不规则性(特别是孤立的隆起)、输送变化和强烈的大气强迫产生。利用这些类型的强迫，将研究墨西哥湾流的各种特征，包括两种不同曲折解的可能存在，气流上不稳定波与观测到的曲折和涡流的关系，以及这些曲折和涡流对岸边的侵入，以及它们可能与强烈的大气强迫的关系。

A theoretical study of the Gulf Stream along the U.S. southern continental slope is proposed, focused on the dynamics of frontal instabilities and meanders. Earlier studies by the P.I. have demonstrated the importance of two simple aspect ratios of the stream, and perturbations in them, in determining these dynamics. In this study, perturbations will be generated by topographic irregularities (particularly an isolated bump), transport variations, and strong atmospheric forcing. Using these types of forcing, a variety of Gulf Stream characteristics will be investigated, including the possible existence of two distinct meander solutions, the relation of unstable waves on the stream to observed meanders and eddies, and shoreward intrusions by these meanders and eddies, and their possible relation to intense atmospheric forcing.