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3 - Favorite trajectories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

Amy Bower
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Heather Furey
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Senya Grodsky
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Jim Carton
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Luca R. Centurioni
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
Pearn P. Niiler
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
Yoo Yin Kim
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla California USA
Dong-Kyu Lee
Affiliation:
Busan National University, Busan, South Korea
Vitalii A. Sheremet
Affiliation:
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Newell Garfield
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University, Tiburon, California, USA
Curtis A. Collins
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
Thomas A. Rago
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
Vassiliki Kourafalou
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Elizabeth Williams
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Thomas Lee
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Matthias Lankhorst
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany
Walter Zenk
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany
Arthur J. Mariano
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Edward H. Ryan
Affiliation:
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Pierre-Marie Poulain
Affiliation:
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Trieste, Italy
Hedinn Valdimarsson
Affiliation:
Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
Svend-Aage Malmberg
Affiliation:
Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
Annalisa Griffa
Affiliation:
University of Miami
A. D. Kirwan, Jr.
Affiliation:
University of Delaware
Arthur J. Mariano
Affiliation:
University of Miami
Tamay Özgökmen
Affiliation:
University of Miami
H. Thomas Rossby
Affiliation:
University of Rhode Island
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Summary

In this chapter, a collection of “favorite trajectories” from various authors are presented.

While Lagrangian data analysis uses an extensive array of sophisticated tools, including classical statistics, dynamical system theory, stochastic modelling, assimilation techniques, and many others, visual inspection of individual trajectories still plays an important role, providing the first and often fundamental glimpse of the underlying dynamics. Often, for Lagrangian investigators, looking at trajectories gives the first intuition, then leading to the use of sophisticated and appropriate analysis. Trajectories tell the story of the journey of drifters and floats, and these stories are often complex and fascinating.

In the following sections, a number of investigators take us in the various world oceans, including Atlantic, Pacific and regional Seas, from the Poles to the Tropics, telling us the stories of their favorite trajectories and giving us their intuition and physical insights.

Mesoscale eddies in the Red Sea outflow region

In 2001–2002, 50 RAFOS floats were released at the core depth (∼ 650 m) of Red Sea Outflow Water (RSOW) in the Gulf of Aden (northwestern Indian Ocean) as part of the Red Sea Outflow Experiment (REDSOX). The objective was to determine how warm, saline RSOW spreads from its source at the southern end of Bab al Mandeb Strait to the open Indian Ocean. Our hypothesis was that either boundary undercurrents or submesoscale coherent vortices (SCVs like Meddies, but here called “Reddies”) were the main transport mechanisms for RSOW.

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  • Favorite trajectories
    • By Amy Bower, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, Heather Furey, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, Senya Grodsky, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, Jim Carton, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, Luca R. Centurioni, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Pearn P. Niiler, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Yoo Yin Kim, Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla California USA, Dong-Kyu Lee, Busan National University, Busan, South Korea, Vitalii A. Sheremet, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA, Newell Garfield, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, California, USA, Curtis A. Collins, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Thomas A. Rago, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Vassiliki Kourafalou, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Elizabeth Williams, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Thomas Lee, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Matthias Lankhorst, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, Walter Zenk, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, Arthur J. Mariano, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Edward H. Ryan, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Trieste, Italy, Hedinn Valdimarsson, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland, Svend-Aage Malmberg, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Edited by Annalisa Griffa, University of Miami, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., University of Delaware, Arthur J. Mariano, University of Miami, Tamay Özgökmen, University of Miami, H. Thomas Rossby, University of Rhode Island
  • Book: Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535901.004
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  • Favorite trajectories
    • By Amy Bower, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, Heather Furey, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, Senya Grodsky, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, Jim Carton, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, Luca R. Centurioni, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Pearn P. Niiler, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Yoo Yin Kim, Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla California USA, Dong-Kyu Lee, Busan National University, Busan, South Korea, Vitalii A. Sheremet, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA, Newell Garfield, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, California, USA, Curtis A. Collins, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Thomas A. Rago, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Vassiliki Kourafalou, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Elizabeth Williams, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Thomas Lee, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Matthias Lankhorst, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, Walter Zenk, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, Arthur J. Mariano, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Edward H. Ryan, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Trieste, Italy, Hedinn Valdimarsson, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland, Svend-Aage Malmberg, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Edited by Annalisa Griffa, University of Miami, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., University of Delaware, Arthur J. Mariano, University of Miami, Tamay Özgökmen, University of Miami, H. Thomas Rossby, University of Rhode Island
  • Book: Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535901.004
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    • By Amy Bower, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, Heather Furey, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, Senya Grodsky, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, Jim Carton, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, Luca R. Centurioni, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Pearn P. Niiler, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA, Yoo Yin Kim, Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla California USA, Dong-Kyu Lee, Busan National University, Busan, South Korea, Vitalii A. Sheremet, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA, Newell Garfield, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, California, USA, Curtis A. Collins, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Thomas A. Rago, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA, Vassiliki Kourafalou, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Elizabeth Williams, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Thomas Lee, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Matthias Lankhorst, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, Walter Zenk, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany, Arthur J. Mariano, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Edward H. Ryan, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Trieste, Italy, Hedinn Valdimarsson, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland, Svend-Aage Malmberg, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Edited by Annalisa Griffa, University of Miami, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., University of Delaware, Arthur J. Mariano, University of Miami, Tamay Özgökmen, University of Miami, H. Thomas Rossby, University of Rhode Island
  • Book: Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511535901.004
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