Low-frequency circulation on the Texas-Louisiana Continental Shelf

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noAcc#249 - Box#2en_US
dc.call-noJournal of Geophysical Researchen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorCochrane, J.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKelly, F.J.en_US
dc.contributor.otherJournal of Geophysical Researchen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:56:43Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:56:43Z
dc.date.issued1986en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 10,645-10,659en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractFor the Texas-Louisiana coast west of 92.5 W, long series of data from near Freeport, Texas, together with shorter series from other locations show strong response of coastal jet concepts. We infer from coastal winds, scattered current measurements, and distributions of sea-surface salinity and geopotential that a cyclonic gyre elongated along the shelf is the dominant feature of the prevailing shelf circulation. The inshore limb of the gyre is the coastal jet driven by wind with a west or southward (downcoast) component which prevails along much of the coast except in July-August. Because the coast is concave, the shoreward prevailing wind results in a convergence of coastal currents, which marks the downcoast extent of the gyre. Corresponding to the convergence is a seaward flow which forms the southwest limb of the gyre. A prevailing countercurrent (north or eastward flow) along the shelf break includes the outer limb of the gyre. The eastern, shoreward-flowing limb of the gyre corresponds to divergence along the coast centered near 92.5 W. The convergence at the western or southern end of the gyre migrates seasonally normally absent in July, but reappears in August-September when a downcoast wind component develops.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeFreeporten_US
dc.history5/22/06 eas; 3/7/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20275
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collection; TAMUG Periodical Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries249.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectwater circulationen_US
dc.subjectwater motionen_US
dc.subjectwater currentsen_US
dc.subjectmeteorologyen_US
dc.subjectwindsen_US
dc.subjectcontinental shelvesen_US
dc.titleLow-frequency circulation on the Texas-Louisiana Continental Shelfen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issuev.91, no.C1en_US

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