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Article: Processes influencing storm-induced currents in the Irish Sea
- Article from:
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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CopyrightCopyright American Meteorological Society Jan 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
Although the problem of predicting storm surge elevations has received significant attention, the simulation of currents has suffered because of lack of current observations during surges. Current measurements made during surge conditions are presented here and are used in combination with three-dimensional models to understand processes producing storm currents in the Irish Sea. A coarse-grid (resolution of order 7 km) model of the west coast of Britain together with a fine-grid (of order 1 km) model of the eastern Irish Sea is used to examine the processes, namely, open boundary forcing of the west coast model and wind fields, that produced flows within the eastern Irish Sea ...