Northern Arabian Sea Circulation Autonomous Research (NASCar) DRI: A Study of Vertical Mixing Processes in the Northern Arabian Sea

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS This study contributes to our long-term efforts toward understanding: The dynamics of barrier layers and surface mixed layers in the N. Arabian Sea The penetration of radiative and atmospheric fluxes into the ocean interior Interaction of finescale and submesoscale processes in barrier layer formation Characteristics and impact of internal gravity waves trapped above barrier layers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014379

Entities

People

  • Ramsey R. Harcourt

Organizations

  • University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arabian Sea
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dynamics
  • Frequency
  • Gravity
  • Gravity Waves
  • Internal Waves
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Layers
  • Models
  • Oceans
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Simulations
  • Surface Waves
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers