Resonance of longshore currents under topographic forcing

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 3071-3084 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Falqués ◽  
V. Iranzo ◽  
A. Montoto
Keyword(s):  
Longshore Currents ◽  
Topographic Forcing

A laboratory study of longshore currents over barred and non-barred beaches

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J.H.M. Reniers ◽  
J.A. Battjes
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Study ◽  
Longshore Currents

scholarly journals The Stability of Mars’s Annular Polar Vortex

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 1533-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. M. Seviour ◽  
Darryn W. Waugh ◽  
Richard K. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Relaxation Time ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Thermal Relaxation ◽  
Polar Vortex ◽  
Radiative Relaxation ◽  
Equilibrium Profile ◽  
Rotating Shallow Water ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Topographic Forcing

Abstract The Martian polar atmosphere is known to have a persistent local minimum in potential vorticity (PV) near the winter pole, with a region of high PV encircling it. This finding is surprising, since an isolated band of PV is barotropically unstable, a result going back to Rayleigh. Here the stability of a Mars-like annular vortex is investigated using numerical integrations of the rotating shallow-water equations. The mode of instability and its growth rate is shown to depend upon the latitude and width of the annulus. By introducing thermal relaxation toward an annular equilibrium profile with a time scale similar to that of the instability, a persistent annular vortex with similar characteristics as that observed in the Martian atmosphere can be simulated. This time scale, typically 0.5–2 sols, is similar to radiative relaxation time scales for Mars’s polar atmosphere. The persistence of an annular vortex is also shown to be robust to topographic forcing, as long as it is below a certain amplitude. It is therefore proposed that the persistence of this barotropically unstable annular vortex is permitted owing to the combination of short radiative relaxation time scales and relatively weak topographic forcing in the Martian polar atmosphere.

Wind-Aided Recruitment of Canadian Arctic Cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) into Alaskan Waters

1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 906-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Fechhelm ◽  
David B. Fissel
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Wind Data ◽  
Commercial Fishery ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Longshore Currents ◽  
Unit Effort ◽  
Colville River ◽  
Young Of The Year ◽  
Mackenzie River

Summer wind data collected at Barter Island, Alaska, were compared with commercial fishery catches of arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) at the Colville River, Alaska, for the period 1967–85. There was a significant (p = 0.036) association between yearly catch-per-unit-effort and the percent of easterly winds after adjusting for a 5-yr differential in the two time series. Results suggest that young-of-the-year fish which spawn in Canada's Mackenzie River are aided in their westward dispersal into Alaskan waters via wind-driven longshore currents. The greater the prevalence of easterly winds (westerly currents), the greater the recruitment. Increased recruitment manifests itself as an increase in Alaskan commercial fishery catch some 5-yr later when fish have grown to a size that renders them susceptible to commercial nets.

The Heavy Rain Event of 29 October 2000 in Hana, Maui*

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan E. Lyman ◽  
Thomas A. Schroeder ◽  
Gary M. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Rain Event ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Heavy Rain Event ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Topographic Forcing

Abstract On 29 October 2000, the Hana region of Maui received 700 mm of rain in 7 h. Radar analyses revealed that the storm consisted of seven cells that were initiated along the southeast slope of Haleakala volcano. One of these cells survived for nearly 4 h and was responsible for 80% of the volumetric rainout from the storm. The interaction of low-level flow distorted by the island of Hawaii located farther east, the passage of a trough, and the topographic forcing caused by Haleakala volcano were major factors responsible for the evolution of the storm.

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