Oceanography | December 2019
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VOL. 32, NO. 4, DECEMBER 2019
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE. FLEAT: A Multiscale
Observational and Modeling Program to Understand How Topography
Affects Flows in the Western North Pacific
By T.M.S. Johnston, M.C. Schönau, T. Paluszkiewicz, J.A. MacKinnon, B.K. Arbic,
P.L. Colin, M.H. Alford, M. Andres, L. Centurioni, H.C. Graber, K.R. Helfrich,
V. Hormann, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, R.C. Musgrave, B.S. Powell, B. Qiu, D.L. Rudnick,
H.L. Simmons, L. St. Laurent, E.J. Terrill, D.S. Trossman, G. Voet, H.W. Wijesekera,
and K.L. Zeiden
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Nonlinear Short-Term Upper Ocean Circulation Variability in the
Tropical Western Pacific
By B. Qiu, S. Chen, B.S. Powell, P.L. Colin, D.L. Rudnick, and M.C. Schönau
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The End of an El Niño: A View from Palau
By M.C. Schönau, H.W. Wijesekera, W.J. Teague, P.L. Colin, G. Gopalakrishnan,
D.L. Rudnick, B.D. Cornuelle, Z.R. Hallock, and D.W. Wang
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Eddies, Topography, and the Abyssal Flow by the Kyushu-Palau Ridge
Near Velasco Reef
By M. Andres, M. Siegelman, V. Hormann, R.C. Musgrave, S.T. Merrifield,
D.L. Rudnick, M.A. Merrifield, M.H. Alford, G. Voet, H.W. Wijesekera, J.A. MacKinnon,
L. Centurioni, J.D. Nash, and E.J. Terrill
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Typhoon-Forced Waves Around a Western Pacific Island Nation
By S.T. Merrifield, T.A. Schramek, S. Celona, A.B. Villas Bôas, P.L. Colin, and E.J. Terrill
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Understanding Vorticity Caused by Flow Passing an Island
By D.L. Rudnick, K.L. Zeiden, C.Y. Ou, T.M.S. Johnston, J.A. MacKinnon, M.H. Alford,
and G. Voet
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Observations of Near-Inertial Surface Currents at Palau
By M. Siegelman, M.A. Merrifield, E. Firing, J.A. MacKinnon, M.H. Alford, G. Voet,
H.W. Wijesekera, T.A. Schramek, K.L. Zeiden, and E.J. Terrill
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Dynamical Downscaling of Equatorial Flow Response to Palau
By H.L. Simmons, B.S. Powell, S.T. Merrifield, S.E. Zedler, and P.L. Colin
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Island Wakes Observed from High-Frequency Current Mapping Radar
By S.T. Merrifield, P.L. Colin, T. Cook, C. Garcia-Moreno, J.A. MacKinnon, M. Otero,
T.A. Schramek, M. Siegelman, H.L. Simmons, and E.J. Terrill
102 Turbulence and Vorticity in the Wake of Palau
By L. St. Laurent, T. Ijichi, S.T. Merrifield, J. Shapiro, and H.L. Simmons
110 Energy and Momentum Lost to Wake Eddies and Lee Waves Generated
by the North Equatorial Current and Tidal Flows at Peleliu, Palau
By T.M.S. Johnston, J.A. MacKinnon, P.L. Colin, P.J. Haley Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux,
A.J. Lucas, M.A. Merrifield, S.T. Merrifield, C. Mirabito, J.D. Nash, C.Y. Ou,
M. Siegelman, E.J. Terrill, and A.F. Waterhouse
126 Palau’s Effects on Regional-Scale Ocean Circulation
By G. Gopalakrishnan and B.D. Cornuelle
136 Energy Transfer in the Western Tropical Pacific
By S.E. Zedler, B.S. Powell, B. Qiu, and D.L. Rudnick
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