Group Research Teaching Activity

Middle Atlantic Bight


Our work focuses on modeling and analyzing the fluid motions at selected regions along the northeastern seaboard. The images below give the regions and a few examples of our simulations.

 


(a) Global mesh 
(b) Mesh for NJ coastlines

 
(c) Mesh for Delaware Bay
(d) Mesh for New York Bight and Long Island Sound
 


Figure 1. Zone of study and model setup. FVCOM is used. Letters and numbers indicate locations of observation stations of current and tide, respectively, which are used for model calibration.



 



 
 


Figure 2. Samples of model calibations.