The Variation of Finestructure Across a Mesoscale Feature.
Abstract
The 602 XBT drops from the June 1979 LYNCH cruise are examined for the finestructure variation across the FREDDEX eddy. All of the spectra are scaled with the Brunt-Vaisala frequency and are observed to collapse to a single form inside and outside the ring. A correlation is observed between the variance of the scaled finestructure spectrum and the horizontal and vertical mesoscale current shears, which can attain maxima of orders 1/1000000s and 1/1000s respectively in some parts of the ring. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 11, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA127565
Entities
People
- A. F. Schuetz
- G. J. Lindemann
- L. J. Morris
- Richard P. Mied
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory