Glider Observations of Upper Ocean Structure in the Bay of Bengal

Abstract

The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is remarkable in that its major currents change directions seasonally with the monsoons, in concert with extremely strong fluxes of fresh water from precipitation and river input. The overarching goal of the proposed effort is to quantify important processes in the fresh water budget of the BoB, including the effects of submesoscale processes and internal waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014414

Entities

People

  • Daniel L. Rudnick

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Frequency
  • Fresh Water
  • Internal Waves
  • Layers
  • Observation
  • Oceanographic Equipment
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Precipitation
  • Salinity
  • Sri Lanka
  • Underwater Gliders
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy