On the Atlantic inflow to the Caribbean Sea

The HYCOM (HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model) data assimilative system

“…Although recent in place and are in the process of being evaluated. measurements (Sheinbaum et al, 2002) suggest the value These techniques are, ordered by degree of sophistimay be lower than this, 28 Sv is consistent with the more cation, the NRL Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation extensively observed transport through the Florida Straits (NCODA), the Singular Evolutive Extended Kalman at 27'N (Baringer and Larsen, 2001;Johns et al, 2002 presently being considered as the next generation data It mostly differs from the system described in Section 4 in assimilation to be used in the near real-time system. two ways: (a) different horizontal grid and (b) NCEPThe remaining techniques, because of their cost, are based wind and thermal forcing.…”

Loop Current, Rings and Related Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: A Review of Numerical Models and Future Challenges

“…It originates at the Yucatan Channel (where it is called the Yucatan Current) through which approximately 23~27 Sv ( Sv = 0 6 m 3 s -) transport passes with a large min-max range of 4~36 Sv [Johns et al 2002;Sheinbaum et al, 2002;Candela et al, 2003]. The Yucatan/Loop Current is a western boundary current with peak speeds of .5 to .8 m s -on the western side of the channel near the surface (Pillsbury,[887] based on direct current measurements, plotted in Figure 5 of Gordon [967]; Nowlin [972] based on GEK; Schlitz [973] and Carder et al [977] based on hydrography; and Ochoa et al [200] and Sheinbaum et al [2002] based on ADCPs and hydrography).…”

Impact of the Atlantic Warm Pool on precipitation and temperature in Florida during North Atlantic cold spells

“…The size and northward extent of the AWP in summer determines the summer position of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and thereby affects precipitation and trade winds over the (sub)tropical North Atlantic region. Summer trade winds over the (sub)tropical North Atlantic partly drive the flow of warm surface waters from the Caribbean Sea through the GoM by the Loop Current (Johns et al 2002).…”