Coastal Observatory Investigates Energetic Current Oscillations on Southeast Florida Shelf

Authors

Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Rebekah J. Walker, Nova Southeastern University
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South Florida
Mark E. Luther, University of South Florida

ORCID

0000-0001-6519-1547

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union

ISSN

0096-3941

Publication Date

10-21-2003

Abstract

Coastal circulation along the southeast Florida shelf is strongly related to the dynamics of the Florida Current. The current follows the steep bottom terrain along the shelf break separating the deep ocean from the coastal zone (Figure 1 a, b). Energetic and complex flow regimes arise along the current's western edge, causing transient features such as sub-meso-scale eddies [Lee and Mayer, 1977; Shay et al., 2000] and energetic internal oscillations [Mooers, 1975; Soloviev et al., 2003], which affect mixing between the shelf and deeper ocean waters. Understanding of these regimes is important for modeling and prediction of the coastal circulation on the southeast Florida shelf and description of western boundary current/continental shelf interactions.

DOI

10.1029/2003EO420002

Volume

84

Issue

42

First Page

441

Last Page

449

Comments

©2003. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

NSUWorks Citation

Alexander Soloviev, Rebekah J. Walker, Robert H. Weisberg, and Mark E. Luther. 2003. Coastal Observatory Investigates Energetic Current Oscillations on Southeast Florida Shelf .EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union , (42) : 441 -449. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/737.