1. Research Update Hui Qian

2. Select hurricane Gustav and Ike as an example to analyze the ocean dynamics in the GoM Run the model hindcast for August and Sepemter,2008 to get the diagnostic output. Last Week

3. Hurricane Trackyear: 2008

4. Time evolution of depth -averaged vorticity Shelf point Eddy edge point 9.69.10 Year: 2008 Gustav Ike

5. Depth averaged vorticity in the GoM Upper panel: 20080910 Lower panel: 20080906

6. Depth averaged momentum in the GoM U momentum V momentum 20080906 20080910 U momentum V momentum

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8. 20080906 20080910 U momentum V momentum WFS section

9. Cross eddy section 20080906 20080910 U momentum V momentum U momentum V momentum

10. 20080906 20080910 U momentum V momentum U momentum V momentum Zoom in view

11. Time evolution of surface momentum for shelf and eddy points Shelf point Eddy point

12. Time evolution of volume integrated energy in the GoM

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