3D Spectral Element Ocean Model Simulations

Shelf Bank Case

Top: Across shore density at a location upstream of the shelfbank at time = 20 days.
Middle: Across shore density at the center of the shelfbank at time = 20 days.
Bottom: Across shore density at a location just downstream of the shelfbank at time = 20 days.
Note the more dense water inshore along the bottom in the downstream (southern) transect, and the absence of very dense water on the top of the shelfbank. Click here to retrieve an flc animation of density at these three across-shore sections.

Harold P. Batchelder
Last Updated: 23 February 2001