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An eddy-resolving model of circulation on the western Gulf of Alaska shelf. 2. Comparison of results to oceanographic observations

P. J. Stabeno

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Washington

A. J. Hermann

Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle
(Also at Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Washington)

Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(C1), 1151-1161 (1996).
Copyright ©1996 by the American Geophysical Union. Further electronic distribution is not allowed.

References

Bograd, S. J., P. J. Stabeno, and J. D. Schumacher, A census of mesoscale eddies in Shelikof Strait, Alaska, during 1989, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 18,243-18,254, 1994.

Haidvogel, D. B., J. L. Wilkin, and R. Young, A semi-spectral primitive equation ocean circulation model using vertical sigma and orthogonal curvilinear horizontal coordinates, J. Comput. Phys., 94, 151-185, 1991.

Hermann, A. J., and P. J. Stabeno, An eddy-resolving model of circulation on the western Gulf of Alaska shelf, 1, Model development and sensitivity analyses, J. Geophys. Res., this issue.

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Macklin, S. A., P. J. Stabeno, and J. D. Schumacher, A comparison of gradient and observed over-the-water winds along a mountainous coast, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 16,555-16,569, 1993.

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Reed, R. K., J. D. Schumacher, and L. S. Incze, Circulation in Shelikof Strait, Alaska, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 1546-1556, 1987.

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Schumacher, J. D., P. J. Stabeno, and S. J. Bograd, Characteristics of an eddy over a continental shelf: Shelikof Strait, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 8395-8404, 1993.

Stabeno, P. J., and R. K. Reed, Recent Lagrangian measurements along the Alaskan Stream, Deep Sea Res., 38, 289-296, 1991.

Stabeno, P. J., A. J. Hermann, N. A. Bond, and S. J. Bograd, Modeling the impact of climate variability on the advection of larval walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the Gulf of Alaska, in Climate Change and Northern Fish Populations, edited by R. J. Beamish, Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aqu. Sci., 121, 719-727, 1995a.

Stabeno, P. J., R. K. Reed, and J. D. Schumacher, The Alaska Coastal Current: Continuity of transport and forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2477-2485, 1995b.

Vastano, A. C., L. S. Incze, and J. D. Schumacher, Observations and analysis of fishery processes: Larval pollock at Shelikof Strait, Alaska, Fish. Oceanogr., 1, 20-30, 1992.


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