Research Update Hui Qian. Select hurricane Gustav and Ike as an example to analyze the ocean dynamics in the GoM Run the model hindcast for August and.

Research Update

Hui Qian

• Select hurricane Gustav and Ike as an example to analyze the ocean dynamics in the GoM

• Run the model hindcast for August and Sepemter,2008 to get the diagnostic output.

Last Week

Hurricane Track year: 2008

Time evolution of depth -averaged vorticity

Shelf point

Eddy edge point

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Year: 2008

Gustav Ike

Depth averaged vorticity in the GoM

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Depth averaged momentum in the GoM

U momentum

V momentum

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U momentum

V momentum

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U momentum

U momentum

V momentum

V momentum

WFS section

Cross eddy section

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U momentum

V momentum

U momentum

V momentum

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U momentum

V momentum

U momentum

V momentum

Zoom in view

Time evolution of surface momentum for shelf and eddy points

Shelf point

Eddy point

Time evolution of volume integrated energy in the GoM

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