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Experimental Research Forecast for Gulf Stream Extension Region



The Gulf Stream extension region (beyond 45W) is a strong eddy-activity region where the Gulf Stream bifurcates into two branches in a canonical sense. In these first attempts of experimental forecasting for this region, we are initially carrying out two scenarios. Alternative I considers only the northern bifurcation which is more commonly known as the North Atlantic Current. This particular branch is digitized using the sea surface height (altimetric) analysis from Jenifer Clark. For Alternative II, the southeastward flowing branch is digitized based on a high resolution SST image which is based on multiple satellite data streams melded together and available from the JPL website (http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov/SST).

Please note that the simulations are experimental and are to be used with care especially near the boundaries of the domain.

Gulf Stream Extension (Alternative I)

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6-Hourly Forecast
Week Variables Depth (m)
06/01/2009 Temperature 15 50 100 200 500
Salinity 15 50 100 200 500
Velocity 15 50 100 200 500
V. Over Temp. 15 50 100 200 500

This week's forecast plots are only provided for the temperature over velocity for different levels. Please contact aschmidt@umassd.edu for other variables.

Salinity at 15 m

Jun_01_2009
   

 


Avijit Gangopadhyay
Associate Dean and Professor
agangopadhya@umassd.edu • 508-910-6330
The School for Marine Science and Technology
200 Mill Road, Suite 325, Fairhaven, MA 02719
Andre Schmidt
Postdoctoral Associate
aschmidt@umassd.edu • 508-910-6381
The School for Marine Science and Technology
200 Mill Road, Suite 325, Fairhaven, MA 02719