The role of tidal forcing in the Gulf of Alaska's circulation

Details The role of tidal forcing in the Gulf of Alaska's circulation The role of tidal forcing in the Gulf of Alaska's circulation

Feb 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3504603a&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 4, CiteID L04603

Physics

Oceanography: Physical: Western Boundary Currents, Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling (0545, 0560), Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Surface Waves And Tides (1222), Oceanography: Physical: Topographic/Bathymetric Interactions

Scientific paper

High resolution (7 km) numerical simulations of the Gulf of Alaska circulation show an indirect effect induced by tidal forcing. Tides stir the water column more vigorously in the coastal ocean than in the Gulf's interior, leading to denser waters there than offshore. This horizontal gradient induces a geostrophic current that, in general and in most regions, flows against the mean general circulation.

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