Coastal Trapped Waves Around the Hawaiian Islands

小行星9522092 这个项目将调查海洋对岛屿附近风强迫的反应。 预计岛屿陷波（ITW）将在几天到几周的时间内成为这种响应的重要组成部分。 现有的海平面，流速计，和天气观测将用于检查的运动学，结构和动力学的ITW夏威夷群岛周围。 增加复杂性的分析模型将用于阐明基本的物理原理。 现有的数值模型，修改，以包括日益现实的地形，将使用 用于模拟。 ITW预计将传输能量 超过 长距离，有助于当地的上升流和下降流，并扰乱更深的流动。因此，加深对ITW的了解将有助于 航运和渔业，并改善预测 污染物在岛屿附近扩散。由于现在可供分析的数据集范围扩大，该项目特别及时。 ***

9522092 Luther This project will investigate the oceanic response to wind forcing in the vicinity of islands. It is expected that Island Trapped Waves (ITW) will be an important part of this response at periods of days to weeks. Existing sea level, current meter, and weather observations will be used in the examination of the kinematics, structure, and dynamics of ITW around the Hawaiian Islands. Analytical models of increased complexity will be used to elucidate basic physical principles. Existing numerical models, modified to include topography of increasing realism, will be used for simulation. ITW are expected to transmit energy over long distances, contribute to local upwelling and downwelling, and perturb deeper flows. Thus, an improved understanding of ITW would benefit shipping and fisheries, and improve predictions of contaminant dispersal in the vicinity of islands. The project is particularly timely due to the increased scope of the data sets now available for analysis. ***