Three related problems concerning the response of the continental shelf waters to large-scale, low-frequency (synoptic scale) wind forcing are addressed. Briefly the results are as follows. (i) An understanding is gained to the dynamics of the poorly studied frictional region which lies inshore of the region which has been shown (e.g., Gill and Schumann, 1974 and Clarke and Van Gorder, 1984) to be well described by long wave dynamics. Simple accurate solutions for the pressure and alongshore velocity fields are developed and their domains of applicability are given. (ii) Through use of the knowledge gained in (i), a link is established from the frictional nearshore regions to the wave dynamics region by providing a proper boundary condition for models which strictly consider the latter. Also, a formula is given to predict coastal pressure (generally the best data set) given the boundary pressure prediction from a wave dynamics model. (iii) The above results, together with the model of Clarke and Van Gorder (1984), are applied to a data set on the West Florida Shelf. It is shown that the response there is accurately modeled. Further, the simplicity of the model allows the West Florida Shelf response to be understood as a sum of a forced wave moving with the wind field, a free wave generated at the Florida Keys and a smaller, but significant, free wave flux from the east coast of Florida. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: B, page: 0101. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75508 |
| Contributors | MITCHUM, GARY T., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 90 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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