Surface Slicks and Near-Surface Variability: A Literature Review and some Measurements in the Gulf of Cadiz,

Abstract

Bands of smooth water, or 'Slicks' commonly occur on the sea surface. The size scale and orientation of arrays of slicks may be indicative of subsurface flows due to internal waves, Langmuir circulation, or fronts. Under summer conditions in the Gulf of Cadiz the sea temperature has been observed to exhibit sudden negative temperature spikes of 1.4 C at 4m depth on size scales of slicks. Slicks may indicate conditions of variability in air/sea interaction processes and near-surface sound transmission. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086486

Entities

People

  • Brian Wannamaker

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Capillary Waves
  • Climate Change
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continuous Spectra
  • Internal Waves
  • Literature
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Active Substances
  • Surface Temperature
  • Surface Tension
  • Waves
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Ecological Systems Migration
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Theoretical Analysis.