High-Resolution Numerical Modeling
of the Gulf of Mexico

Publications

Articles

Morey, S. L., S. R. Baig, M. A. Bourassa, D. S. Dukhovskoy, and J. J. O'Brien (2006), Remote forcing contribution to coastal sea level rise during Hurricane Dennis, Geophys. Res. Let., In Review.

Dukhovskoy, D.S., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2006), Influence of multi-step topography on barotropic waves and consequences for numerical modeling, Ocean Modelling, In Press.

Kvaleberg, E., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2006), Formation of cold core filaments and eddies through baroclinic instability on a continental shelf, J. Phys. Ocean., In review.

Morey, S. L., M. A. Bourassa, D. S. Dukhovskoy, and J. J. O'Brien (2006), Modeling studies of the upper ocean response to a tropical storm, Ocean Dynamics, In Press.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., S.L. Morey, J.J. O'Brien, and L. Zamudio (2006), On the Loop Current eddy shedding variability, Atmosfera, 19(1), 41-48.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., B. Martinez-Lopez, A. Gallegos-Garcia, S. L. Morey, and J. J. O'Brien (2006), Seasonal upwelling on the western and southern shelves of the Gulf of Mexico, Ocean Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s10236-006-0072-3.

Morey, S.L., J. Zavala-Hidalgo, and J.J. O'Brien (2005), The seasonal variability of continental shelf circulation in the northern and western Gulf of Mexico from a high-resolution numerical model, in New Developments in the Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico, Geophys. Mongr. Ser.161, edited by W. Sturges and A. Lugo-Fernandez, AGU, Washington, D. C., doi:10.1029/161GM16.

Morey, S.L., M.A. Bourassa, X.J. Davis, J.J. O'Brien, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo (2005), Remotely sensed winds for episodic forcing of ocean models, J. Geophys. Res.,110(C10), C10024, doi: 10.1029/2004JC002338.

Yu, P., S.L. Morey, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo (2004), New mapping method to observe propagating features, Sea Technology, 45(5), 20-24.

Morey, S.L., P.J. Martin, , J.J. O'Brien, A. A. Wallcraft, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo (2003), Export pathways for river discharged fresh water in the northern Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C10), 3303, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001674.

Morey, S.L., W.W. Schroeder, J.J. O'Brien, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo (2003), The annual cycle of riverine influence in the eastern Gulf of Mexico basin, Geophys. Res. Let., 30(16), 1867, doi:10.1029/2003GL017348.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2003), Seasonal circulation on the western shelf of the Gulf of Mexico using a high-resolution numerical model, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C12), 3389, doi:10.1029/2003JC001879.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2003), Cyclonic eddies northeast of the Campeche Bank from altimetry data, J. Phys. Ocean., 33 ,623-629.

Morey, S.L., and J.J. O'Brien (2002), The spring transition from horizontal to vertical thermal stratification on a mid-latitude continental shelf, J. Geophys. Res., 107(C8), 3097, doi: 10.1029/2001JC000826.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., A. Pares-Sierra, and J. Ochoa (2002), Seasonal variability of the temperature and heat fluxes in the Gulf of Mexico, Atmosfera, 15, 81-104.

Short Reports

Dukhovskoy, D.S., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2006), Baroclinic topographic waves on the Nicaragua Shelf generated by tropical cyclones, in Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, World Meteorological Organization, Submitted.

Gouillon, F., D.D. Dukhovskoy, S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2006), Modeling tides in a semi-enclosed basin: A case study of the Gulf of Mexico, in Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, World Meteorological Organization, Submitted.

Morey, S.L., M.A. Bourassa, D.S. Dukhovksoy, and J.J. O'Brien (2006), Modeling the impacts of remote forcing on hurricane storm surge, in Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, World Meteorological Organization, Submitted.

Yu, P., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2006), Development of new techniques for assimilating satellite altimetry data into ocean models, in Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, World Meteorological Organization, Submitted.

Dukhovskoy, D.S., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2005), Topographic Rossby waves in a z-level ocean model, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Morey, S.L., M.A. Bourassa, D. Dukhovskoy, and J.J. O'Brien (2005), Modelling the oceanic response to air-sea fluxes associated with a troppical storm, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Kvaleberg, E., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2004), The influence of Coriolis on instability wavelengths, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Yu, P., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2004), Development of a reduced space adjoint data assimilation technique for numerical simulation of oceanic circulation, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Morey, S.L., J. Zavala-Hidalgo, and J.J. O'Brien (2003), Impacts of vertical resolution on a numerical model of the Gulf of Mexico, Oceans 2003 Extended Abstract.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., M.A. Bourassa, S.L. Morey, J.J. O'Brien, and P. Yu (2003), A new temporal interpolation method for high-frequency vector wind fields, Oceans 2003 Extended Abstract.

Kvaleberg, E., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2003), Frontogenesis and subsequent formation of cold filaments and eddies on an idealized shelf, Oceans 2003 Extended Abstract.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., P. Yu, S.L. Morey, M.A. Bourassa, and J.J. O'Brien (2003), A new interpolation method for high frequency forcing fields, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Kvaleberg, E., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien, Modeling frontal instabilities in the Gulf of Mexico, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, 2003.

Yu, P., J. Zavala-Hidalgo, and J.J. O'Brien (2003), A new gridding method for satellite altimeter data, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Morey, S.L., M.A. Bourassa, X. Jia, J.J. O'Brien, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo (2002), Impacts of satellite scatterometer - derived wind forcing on the West Florida Shelf ocean circulation, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Zavala-Hidalgo, J., S.L. Morey, and J.J. O'Brien (2002), A numerical study of the circulation on the western shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.

Morey, S.L., J. Zavala-Hidalgo, and J.J. O'Brien (2001), High-resolution ocean modeling of the Gulf of Mexico, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Ocean Modeling, CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation.


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