Dynamics of the Oceanic Surface Mixed Layer. Proceedings of 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop (4th) Held in Manoa, Hawaii on January 14-16, 1987,

Abstract

Partial contents: Structures and fluxes in a deep convecting mixed layer; Equatorial turbulence--Mixed layer and thermocline; Zonal momentum balance at the equator; The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean; Observations of ocean waves and Langmuir circulation with Doppler sonars; Unsteady shallowing mixed layer; Some effects of heating on the wind-driven velocity in the upper ocean; Mixed-layer shear related to wind stress in the Central Equatorial Pacific; Mixed-layer fronts in the California Current; Horizontal Scales of Wind Forced Inertial Motions; Subduction; Wind forcing and observed oceanic wavenumber spectra; Energy and momentum fluxes through the sea surface; Hamiltonian description of the interaction of surface waves with mixed-layer currents; Radiative processes affecting ocean mixed-layer heat content and their monitoring from satellite; Monitoring ocean surface layer processes; Similarity theories and microturbulence in the atmospheric mixed layer; Global mixed-layer natural and anthropogenic fluxes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188348

Entities

People

  • Diane Henderson
  • Peter Müller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Convection
  • Doppler Effect
  • Energy Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ridges
  • Sea Water
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Topography
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space