Effects of winds and Caribbean eddies on the frequency of Loop Current eddy shedding: A numerical model study

• Main Authors: L. -y. Oey, H. -c. Lee, William J. Schmitz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean Current; Loop Current; eddy shedding; winds and eddies; numerical ocean model; Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.586.3295; http://www.aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/PROFS/PUBLICATION/oey_lee_schmitz.pdf

[1] The Loop Current (LC) is known to shed eddies at irregular intervals from 3 to 17 months. The causes of this irregularity have not, however, been adequately identified previously. We examine the effects of various types of external forcing on shedding with a model of the western North Atlantic O...