The role of the West Florida Shelf topography on the Loop Current system variability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nektaria Ntaganou ◽  
Vassiliki Kourafalou ◽  
Matthieu Le Hénaff ◽  
Yannis Androulidakis
Keyword(s):  
Current System ◽  
Loop Current ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf ◽  
System Variability

scholarly journals A loop current-induced jet along the edge of the West Florida Shelf

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (15) ◽  
pp. 2239-2242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Hetland ◽  
Ya Hsueh ◽  
Robert R. Leben ◽  
Pearn P. Niiler
Keyword(s):  
Loop Current ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf

Observations of a loop current frontal eddy intrusion onto the West Florida Shelf

1983 ◽  
Vol 88 (C14) ◽  
pp. 9639-9651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Paluszkiewicz ◽  
Larry P. Atkinson ◽  
Eric S. Posmentier ◽  
Charles R. McClain
Keyword(s):  
Loop Current ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf

scholarly journals A Loop Current Intrusion Case Study on the West Florida Shelf*

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruoying He ◽  
Robert H. Weisberg
Keyword(s):  
Loop Current ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf

USGS field activity 09FSH02 on the west Florida shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in August 2009

Data Series ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Robbins ◽  
Paul O. Knorr ◽  
Xuewu Liu ◽  
Robert H. Byrne ◽  
Ellen A. Raabe
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf ◽  
Field Activity

USGS Field Activities 11CEV01 and 11CEV02 on the West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in January and February 2011

Data Series ◽  
10.3133/ds711 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Robbins ◽  
Paul O. Knorr ◽  
Kendra L. Daly ◽  
Carl A. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf

High-Frequency Radar Mapping of Surface Currents Using WERA

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 484-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn K. Shay ◽  
Jorge Martinez-Pedraja ◽  
Thomas M. Cook ◽  
Brian K. Haus ◽  
Robert H. Weisberg
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Tidal Currents ◽  
Tropical Storm ◽  
Surface Velocity ◽  
Surface Currents ◽  
West Florida Shelf ◽  
The West ◽  
Florida Shelf ◽  
East West

Abstract A dual-station high-frequency Wellen Radar (WERA), transmitting at 16.045 MHz, was deployed along the west Florida shelf in phased array mode during the summer of 2003. A 33-day, continuous time series of radial and vector surface current fields was acquired starting on 23 August ending 25 September 2003. Over a 30-min sample interval, WERA mapped coastal ocean currents over an ≈40 km × 80 km footprint with a 1.2-km horizontal resolution. A total of 1628 snapshots of the vector surface currents was acquired, with only 70 samples (4.3%) missing from the vector time series. Comparisons to subsurface measurements from two moored acoustic Doppler current profilers revealed RMS differences of 1 to 5 cm s−1 for both radial and Cartesian current components. Regression analyses indicated slopes close to unity with small biases between surface and subsurface measurements at 4-m depth in the east–west (u) and north–south (υ) components, respectively. Vector correlation coefficients were 0.9 with complex phases of −3° and 5° at EC4 (20-m isobath) and NA2 (25-m isobath) moorings, respectively. Complex surface circulation patterns were observed that included tidal and wind-driven currents over the west Florida shelf. Tidal current amplitudes were 4 to 5 cm s−1 for the diurnal and semidiurnal constituents. Vertical structure of these tidal currents indicated that the semidiurnal components were predominantly barotropic whereas diurnal tidal currents had more of a baroclinic component. Tidal currents were removed from the observed current time series and were compared to the 10-m adjusted winds at a surface mooring. Based on these time series comparisons, regression slopes were 0.02 to 0.03 in the east–west and north–south directions, respectively. During Tropical Storm Henri’s passage on 5 September 2003, cyclonically rotating surface winds forced surface velocities of more than 35 cm s−1 as Henri made landfall north of Tampa Bay, Florida. These results suggest that the WERA measured the surface velocity well under weak to tropical storm wind conditions.

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