The response of a two-layer hydrothermodynamic ocean model to a simulated moving hurricane.

dc.contributor.advisorElsberry, R.L.
dc.contributor.authorGrigsby, Stanley Holmes
dc.contributor.departmentMeteorology
dc.dateMarch 1975
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-20T00:26:42Z
dc.date.available2012-11-20T00:26:42Z
dc.date.issued1975
dc.description.abstractThe time dependent mixed-layer depth and temperature response of a two-layer hydrothermodynamic ocean model to a moving hurricane model was investigated. The hurricane model was that of Elsberry, Pearson, and Corgnati (1974). The maximum eye radius and hurricane intensity was bounded to isolate ocean reaction from hurricane variance. The ocean model was based on the upwelling model of O'Brien and Hurlburt (1972) in two dimensions and was located along the path of the storm. The momentum and depth equations in this model are treated semi-implicitly . Mechanical and convective mixing was included and was found to be the dominate cause of deepening of the mixed layer and cooling of the ocean surface. Alternating regions of upwelling and downwelling were produced in the wake of the storm as a result of inertial waves caused by the passage of the storm. The cases studied indicated a linear relation between the wavelength and the storm translation speed.
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dc.description.serviceLieutenant , United States Navy
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/theresponseoftwo1094521023
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/21023
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
dc.subject.authorAir-Sea Interactionen_US
dc.subject.authorHurricane Modelen_US
dc.subject.authorOcean Modelen_US
dc.subject.authorConvective Mixingen_US
dc.subject.authorWind Mixingen_US
dc.subject.authorAdvectionen_US
dc.subject.authorHydrothermodynamicen_US
dc.subject.authorUpwellingen_US
dc.subject.authorInertial Flowen_US
dc.subject.lcshMeteorologyen_US
dc.titleThe response of a two-layer hydrothermodynamic ocean model to a simulated moving hurricane.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineMeteorologyen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Meteorologyen_US
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