Six-Year (1993-1999) Synoptic Maps of Near-Surface Currents off the Southern and Central California Coasts through Data and Model Blending

Project Description:

The project is a long-term collaborative research between the MSRC, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Princeton University to study the circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel (SBC) and Santa Maria Basin (SMB) off the central California coast. The project includes multiple phase field and modeling programs with a 1992-1995 field effort focused on SBC and a 1996-1999 field effort on SMB. The primary goal is to combine data and model in a dynamically consistent manner so as to maximize the predictive skill of model trajectories within the SBC/SMB region.

Related Publications:

Ohashi, K. and D.-P. Wang, 2004. Circulation in the Santa Maria Basin, California, during 1998. J. Geophys. Res. (to appear)

Oey, L-Y., E. Dever, C. Winant, W.R. Johnson and D-P. Wang, 2004. A data-assimilated model of the near-surface circulation of the Santa Barbara Channel: Comparison with observations and dynamical interpretation. J.Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 23-43.

Oey, L-Y., D-P. Wang, T. Hayward, C. Winant and M. Hendershott, 2001. Upwelling and cyclonic regimes of the near-surface circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 9213-9222.

Chen, C.-S., and D.-P. Wang, 2000. Data assimilation model study of wind effects in the Santa Barbara Channel, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 22,003-22,013.

Chen, C.-S., and D.-P. Wang, 1999. Data assimilation model study of the Santa Barbara Channel, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 15,727-15,742.

Wang, D.-P. 1997.  Efects of small-scale wind on coastal upwelling with application to Point Conception. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15,555-15,566.

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