The Influence of Stratification on Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling and Downwelling

几十年来，沿海海洋学家一直对跨陆架流的结构感兴趣，因为它决定了上升水起源的深度。这个项目将测试一个新的想法，即分层的差异决定了上升水是来自底部边界层（弱分层）还是来自内部深处（强分层）。对现有数据集和数值模型的分析将用于测试和进一步发展这一想法。该项目对其他对营养物、幼虫或地球化学物质的运输感兴趣的沿海海洋学家具有重要意义。

The structure of the cross-shelf flow has been of interest to coastal oceanographers for decades because it determines the depth at which upwelled water originates. This project will test a new idea that differences in stratification determine whether the upwelled water comes from bottom boundary layers (under weak stratification) or from interior depths (under strong stratification). Analysis of existing datasets and numerical models will be used to test and further develop this idea. This project has important implications to other coastal oceanographers interested in the transport of nutrients, larvae or geochemical materials.