Theories: Forcing of Prograde Currents

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Theories Forcing of Prograde Currents

• tidal rectification
• spacially variable wind stress
• variable bottom topography
• vertical mixing at sea bed

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Questions from LEO-15

• Along-shore length scale
• dynamics of "tube" formation
• origin of fluid parcels
• role of small-scale mixing

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Spectral Element Ocean Model (SEOM)

• Hydrostatic primitive equations
• hybrid FE / spectral algorithm
• unstructured quadrilateral grids
• highly scalable

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Critique

• Cross-shelf length scale
• time dependence
• volume transport
• vertical temperature distribution
• parameter sensitivities
• bottom stress law
• lateral boundary condition
• topography
• wind stress