The Time-Dependent Response of the Gulf of Mexico to Drivingby Winds and Loop Current Rings

P.I.将与佛罗里达州立大学的W·斯特格斯和海军海洋研究与发展活动(NORDA)的J·D·汤普森合作，模拟墨西哥湾对风和环流环强迫的随时间变化的反应，并将模型输出与西部海湾和尤卡坦海峡的现有数据进行比较。主要目标是确定墨西哥湾是否存在可识别的西部边界流(WBC)，并确定和解决两种强迫机制的影响。两个不同的数值模式将被用来模拟环流的不同方面，以便与观测结果进行比较。

P.I. will collaborate with W. Sturges of Florida State Univ., and J.D. Thompson of the Naval Oceanographic Research and Development Activity (NORDA) to model time-dependent response of the Gulf of Mexico to forcing by winds and Loop Current Rings, and the compare model output with existing data from the western Gulf and the Yucatan straits. the primary objective is to determine whether there is an identifiable western boundary current (WBC) in the Gulf, and define and resolve the effects of the two forcing mechanisms. Two different numerical models will be used to model different aspects of the circulation for comparison with observations.