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The Use and Testing of a Model for Upper Ocean Dynamics

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A one-dimensional turbulent Ekman layer model is used to simulate the upper-ocean dynamics in Santa Barbara Channel. Comparison of simulated and measured currents showed excellent agreement below subtidal frequencies.

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  • Blumberg, A.F., D.E. Cover, J.T. Gunn, P. Hamilton, H.J. Herring, L.H. Kantha, G.L. Mellor, R.D. Muench, L.E. Piper, G.R. Stegen and E. Waddell, 1984: Santa Barbara Channel circulation model and field study. Dynalysis of Princeton Report #86 (available from authors).

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  1. Dynalysis of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540, USA

    L. H. Kantha, A. F. Blumberg & H. J. Herring

  2. Science Applications International Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, 98005, USA

    G. R. Stegen

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  1. Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yoshiaki Toba

  2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Hisashi Mitsuyasu

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Kantha, L.H., Blumberg, A.F., Herring, H.J., Stegen, G.R. (1985). The Use and Testing of a Model for Upper Ocean Dynamics. In: Toba, Y., Mitsuyasu, H. (eds) The Ocean Surface. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7717-5_73

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