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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 110, C10S01, doi:10.1029/2005JC003124, 2005

Introduction to special section: Coastal Advances in Shelf Transport

J. A. Barth

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA


P. A. Wheeler

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA


Abstract

The Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport (COAST) program conducted an interdisciplinary study of coastal upwelling off central Oregon during summer 2001. Two intensive field efforts during May–June and August 2001 were coordinated with ocean circulation, ecosystem, and atmospheric modeling of the region. A primary goal was to contrast the coastal ocean response to wind forcing in a region of relatively simple alongshore bottom topography versus that associated with a substantial submarine bank. In this overview we provide background motivation for the COAST project and summarize the major research findings.

Received 24 June 2005; accepted 25 July 2005; published 25 October 2005.

Keywords: coastal upwelling; shelf circulation; ecosystem dynamics; flow-topography interaction.

Index Terms: 4219 Oceanography: General: Continental shelf and slope processes (3002); 4279 Oceanography: General: Upwelling and convergences (4964); 4528 Oceanography: Physical: Fronts and jets; 4815 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling (0439).

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Citation: Barth, J. A., and P. A. Wheeler (2005), Introduction to special section: Coastal Advances in Shelf Transport, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C10S01, doi:10.1029/2005JC003124.