Publication Date
2016-04-27
Availability
Open access
Embargo Period
2016-04-27
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
Department
Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (Marine)
Date of Defense
2016-03-23
First Committee Member
Lynn K. Shay
Second Committee Member
William E. Johns
Third Committee Member
Arthur Mariano
Fourth Committee Member
Rick Lumpkin
Fifth Committee Member
Benjamin Jaimes
Abstract
High-resolution ocean surface current velocity measurements from high frequency (HF) radar are used to map the Florida Current jet structure, and quantify its fluctuations, in more detail than has previously been possible. Whereas earlier HF radar studies in the Straits of Florida focused on individual events, this research takes the next step by using a 2 year timeseries to quantify and characterize the mean horizontal jet profile, its meandering and structural variability, and the space-time structure of the velocity fluctuations.
Keywords
Florida Current; HF radar; submesoscale dynamics; eddies; ocean currents; western boundary current
Recommended Citation
Archer, Matthew R., "The Florida Current: Mean Jet Structure, Meandering, and Velocity Fluctuations Observed with HF Radar" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1648.
http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/1648