Search Results - "Smith, Keston W"

Model simulations of the Bay of Fundy Gyre: 1. Climatological results by Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., McGillicuddy Jr, Dennis J., Smith, Keston W., Lynch, Daniel R.

“…The characteristics of a persistent gyre in the mouth of the Bay of Fundy are studied using model simulations. A set of climatological runs are conducted to…”
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Regime Changes in Global Sea Surface Salinity Trend by Aretxabaleta, Alfredo, Smith, Keston, Kalra, Tarandeep

“…Recent studies have shown significant sea surface salinity (SSS) changes at scales ranging from regional to global. In this study, we estimate global salinity…”
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Model simulations of the Bay of Fundy Gyre: 2. Hindcasts for 2005–2007 reveal interannual variability in retentiveness by Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., McGillicuddy Jr, Dennis J., Smith, Keston W., Manning, James P., Lynch, Daniel R.

“…A persistent gyre at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy results from a combination of tidal rectification and buoyancy forcing. Here we assess recent interannual…”
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Estuary/ocean exchange and tidal mixing in a Gulf of Maine Estuary: A Lagrangian modeling study by Bilgili, Ata, Proehl, Jeffrey A., Lynch, Daniel R., Smith, Keston W., Swift, M. Robinson

“…A Lagrangian particle method embedded within a 2-D finite element code, is used to study the transport and ocean–estuary exchange processes in the well-mixed…”
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Barotropic tides in the South Atlantic Bight by Blanton, Brian O., Werner, Francisco E., Seim, Harvey E., Luettich Jr, Richard A., Lynch, Daniel R., Smith, Keston W., Voulgaris, George, Bingham, Frederick M., Way, Francis

“…The characteristics of the principal barotropic diurnal and semidiurnal tides are examined for the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) of the eastern United States…”
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Data assimilative hindcast of the Gulf of Maine coastal circulation by He, Ruoying, McGillicuddy, Dennis J., Lynch, Daniel R., Smith, Keston W., Stock, Charles A., Manning, James P.

“…A data assimilative model hindcast of the Gulf of Maine (GOM) coastal circulation during an 11 day field survey in early summer 2003 is presented. In situ…”
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Wind-induced, cross-frontal exchange on Georges Bank: A mechanism for early summer on-bank biological particle transport by Chen, Changsheng, Schlitz, Ronald J., Lough, R. Gregory, Smith, Keston W., Beardsley, Robert, Manning, James P.

“…Water exchange across the tidal‐mixing front on the southern flank of Georges Bank (GB) is examined using a two‐dimensional (2D) primitive equation ocean…”
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BatTri: A two-dimensional bathymetry-based unstructured triangular grid generator for finite element circulation modeling by Bilgili, Ata, Smith, Keston W., Lynch, Daniel R.

“…A brief summary of Delaunay unstructured triangular grid refinement algorithms, including the recent “off-centers” method, is provided and mesh generation…”
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Lagrangian dispersion in sheared flow by Lynch, Daniel R., Smith, Keston W.

“…Two-dimensional Lagrangian trajectories are studied near an idealized ocean front with shear and convergence plus an uncorrelated random walk. Applications…”
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Analyzing state-dependent model–data comparison in multi-regime systems by Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., Smith, Keston W.

“…An approach to analyze regime change in spatial time series datasets is followed and extended to jointly analyze a dynamical model depicting regime shift and…”
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Initial observations of the 2005 Alexandrium fundyense bloom in southern New England: General patterns and mechanisms by Anderson, Donald M., Keafer, Bruce A., McGillicuddy, Dennis J., Mickelson, Michael J., Keay, Kenneth E., Scott Libby, P., Manning, James P., Mayo, Charles A., Whittaker, David K., Michael Hickey, J., He, Ruoying, Lynch, Daniel R., Smith, Keston W.

“…From May to July, 2005, an extensive bloom of Alexandrium fundyense occurred along the coast of southern New England. The outbreak eventually closed shellfish…”
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Model initialization in a tidally energetic regime: A dynamically adjusted objective analysis by Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., Smith, Keston W., McGillicuddy, Dennis J., Ballabrera-Poy, Joaquim

“…► We describe a new method for ocean model initialization. ► A dynamical adjustment scheme is proposed as an improved objective analysis. ► The method tries to…”
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Seasonal mean circulation on the Irish shelf—a model-generated climatology by Lynch, Daniel R., Smith, Keston W., Cahill, Bronwyn

“…Subtidal circulation over the shelf sea west of Ireland is computed diagnostically. The 3D circulation is driven by observed/analyzed density fields and…”
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Multi-regime non-Gaussian data filling for incomplete ocean datasets by Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., Smith, Keston W.

“…A method is introduced for improved estimation of missing data that preserves the multi-regime characteristics of a dataset. The approach analyzes regime…”
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Structure and transport of alongshelf currents across the southern flank of Georges Bank during late summer, 1982 by Schlitz, Ronald J, Manning, James P, Smith, Keston W

“…An array including seven moorings was in place between 10 August and 25 September 1982 on southern Georges Bank. Ten of the records from the Vector-Averaging…”
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Parameter estimation using an ensemble smoother: The effect of the circulation in biological estimation by Smith, Keston W., McGillicuddy, Dennis J., Lynch, Daniel R.

“…An ensemble smoother is used to estimate the initial conditions and mortality rates for a spatially explicit model of Alexandrium fundyense. The data…”
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Data assimilative hindcast of the Gulf of Maine coastal circulation by RUOYING HE, MCGILLICUDDY, Dennis J, LYNCH, Daniel R, SMITH, Keston W, STOCK, Charles A, MANNING, James P

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Wind-induced, cross-frontal exchange on Georges Bank: A mechanism for early summer on-bank biological particle transport : U.S. GLOBEC: Physical processes on Georges Bank (GLOBEC) by CHANGSHENG CHEN, SCHLITZ, Ronald J, LOUGH, R. Gregory, SMITH, Keston W, BEARDSLEY, Robert, MANNING, James P

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Barotropic tides in the South Atlantic Bight by BLANTON, Brian O, WERNER, Francisco E, SEIM, Harvey E, LUETTICH, Richard A, LYNCH, Daniel R, SMITH, Keston W, VOULGARIS, George, BINGHAM, Frederick M, WAY, Francis

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Structure and transport of alongshelf currents across the southern flank of Georges Bank during late summer, 1982: Coupled Biological and Physical Studies of Plankton Populations: Georges Bank and Related North Atlantic Regions by SCHLITZ, Ronald J, MANNING, James P, SMITH, Keston W

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