The Dynamics of Coastal Fronts and Jets

本文将在超级计算机上使用原始方程、三维、随时间变化的数值模型进行数值实验，研究海岸上升流锋和急流在一般海岸环流中的作用。潜在地，在锋面的存在下，跨架交换可能会被抑制或增强，这个项目将导致对有利于每个过程的条件的深入了解。此外，还将描述各种中尺度锋面特征的时间尺度。

The role of coastal upwelling fronts and jets in general coastal circulation will be examined through numerical experiments on a supercomputer using a primitive-equation, three-dimensional, time-dependent numerical model. Potentially, cross-shelf exchange may be inhibited or enhanced in the presence of fronts and this project will lead to insight about the conditions that favor each process. Additionally the time scales for various mesoscale frontal features will be described.