Characteristics
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The model was spun-up with NCEP winds during the year 2000, then run for 2001
with MM5 winds, and boundary conditions from the NEP run with MM5 winds.
Results show a strong Alaskan Coastal Current (ACC), and lots of 200-km scale eddies.
Surface floats show retention on banks and in eddies, and respond to downwelling
wind events:
The time period Dec. 2000 through Feb. 2001 was re-run with NCEP forcing to
examine the effect of using the fine-scale MM5 winds. MM5's increased along-
shore orientation increases the strength of the ACC and causes eddies
to move through the area faster.
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