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

提出了沿美国南部大陆坡的墨西哥湾流的理论研究，重点是锋面不稳定和弯曲的动力学。P.I.的早期研究已经证明了两个简单的流宽高比和其中的扰动在决定这些动力学方面的重要性。在本研究中，扰动将由地形不规则性（特别是孤立的凸起）、输运变化和强大气强迫产生。利用这些类型的强迫，将研究墨西哥湾流的各种特征，包括可能存在两种不同的曲流解，流上不稳定波与观察到的曲流和漩涡的关系，以及这些曲流和漩涡对海岸的入侵，以及它们与强烈大气强迫的可能关系。

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.