Storm response in the coastal ocean: The oceanographic component of the Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP)
- 2 May 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Eos
- Vol. 70 (18) , 562-572
- https://doi.org/10.1029/89eo00142
Abstract
The Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP) is a joint oceanographic and meteorological research program to examine the mesoscale structure and dynamics of winter storms and the associated oceanic response on Canada's east coast. The mesoscale meteorology of these destructive storms is not well understood and presents great challenges to the meteorological forecaster. Likewise, the oceanic response is poorly documented and requires a more complete and quantitative understanding. Atmospheric and oceanic observations made in the Canadian Maritime provinces during the CASP field program, in the winter of 1985–86, are now being analyzed and modeled by investigators at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) of the Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) of the Department of the Environment, and several Canadian universities.Keywords
This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- On the deep‐water fetch laws for wind‐generated surface gravity wavesAtmosphere-Ocean, 1989
- Oceanographic observations on the Scotian Shelf during CASPAtmosphere-Ocean, 1989
- Radar Returns from the Sea Surface—Bragg Scattering and Breaking WavesJournal of Physical Oceanography, 1988
- A Reanalysis of the Spectra Observed in JONSWAPJournal of Physical Oceanography, 1987
- A Two-Dimensional Model of Inertial Oscillations Generated by a Propagating Wind FieldJournal of Physical Oceanography, 1986
- Directional spectra of wind-generated ocean wavesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 1985
- Inertial Oscillations due to a Moving FrontJournal of Physical Oceanography, 1985
- Seasonal geostrophic volume transports along the Scotian ShelfEstuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 1979
- The Arrested Topographic WaveJournal of Physical Oceanography, 1978
- The Generation of Long Shelf Waves by the WindJournal of Physical Oceanography, 1974