HR: 11:50h
AN: OS52A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Lagrangean description of the gulf of California: numerical model
AU: * Parés-Sierra, A
EM: apares@cicese.mx
AF: Depto. de Oceanografia Fisica, CICESE, P.O. Box 434844, San Diego, CA 92143 4844, United States
AU: Marinone, G
EM: marinone@cicese.mx
AF: Depto. de Oceanografia Fisica, CICESE, P.O. Box 434844, San Diego, CA 92143 4844, United States
AU: Lluch-Cota, S
EM: slluch@cibnor.mx
AF: Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, P.o. Box 128, La Paz, BC 23000, Mexico
AB: Results of a new implementation of a circulation model (ROMS) for the Gulf of California are presented. The general circulation characteristics for the Gulf are described based on these results. Emphasis is placed on understanding the similarities and differences with previous model. It is shown that the seasonal circulation is dominated by a series of shallow gyres with an alternating sense of circulation and spatial scales as the wide of the gulf. We discuss the formation and evolution of these gyres in relation to theirs forcing agents (i.e. winds, boundary forcing through the mouth and geometry) and generating processes (i.e. instabilities) and dissipation. The implication of the gyres on the redistribution of characteristics is analyzed. A Lagrangean description of the gulf is presented.
DE: 3355 Regional modeling
DE: 3374 Tropical meteorology
DE: 4223 Descriptive and regional oceanography
DE: 4277 Time series experiments (1872, 3270, 4475)
DE: 4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly