A Numerical Study of the Effects of Wind Forcing on the Chile Current System
Author
Batteen, Mary L.
Hu, Chih-Ping
Bacon, Jeffrey L.
Nelson, Craig S.
Date
1995Metadata
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A high-resolution, multi-level, primitive equation ocean model is used to examine
the response of the coastal region from 22.5~ to 35~ of the Chile Current System
to both equatorward and climatological wind forcing. The results from both types
of forcing show that an equatorward surface current, a poleward undercurrent,
upwelling, meanders, filaments and eddies develop in response to the predominant
equatorward wind forcing. When climatological wind forcing is used, an offshore
branch of the equatorward Surface current is also generated. These features are
consistent with available observations of the Chile Current System. The model
results support the hypothesis that wind forcing is an important mechanism for
generating currents, eddies and filaments in the Chile eastern boundary current
system and in other eastern boundary current regions which have predominantly
equatorward wind forcing.
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