An Analysis of Horizontal Temperature Gradients and Heat Content in the Mixed Layer and the Surface Forcing during PATCHEX.

Abstract

This study is an analysis of high resolution measurements taken during the PATCHEX experiment. PATCHEX was designed to study shear related mixing in the upper thermocline. As a participant in the study, the R/V POINT SUR's contribution was to survey an 8 kilometer square area centered on the R/P FLIP which was moored at 34 N127 W. The survey which was conducted from 4-16 November 1986, gathered high resolution CTD, microconductivity and current velocity data to allow a detailed analysis of the small scale dynamics and thermohaline structure of the site. This thesis examined a subset of the R/V POINT SUR structure, surface fluxes and heat content of the upper 120 meters at the PATCHEX site. Keywords: PATCHEX, Surface forcing, Mixed layer heat content horizontal temperature gradient, Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA192330

Entities

People

  • J. Murray

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Climate Change
  • Data Acquisition
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Energy
  • Enthalpy
  • Heat Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Isotherms
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wind Stress

Readers

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