Sea of Japan

Abstract

The Sea of Japan represents a unique oceanic environment that offers the possibility for quantitative sea-air exchange research of a 'thermohaline' active region. For the Sea of Japan the heat and salinity budgets can be addressed by: (1) monitoring ocean current inflow/outflow thermohaline and volume flux characteristics; (2) using the ring of meteorological coastal stations for monitoring atmospheric marine boundary layer changes during transit of the Sea of Japan; (3) following the standard sea surface & lower atmosphere vertical gradients methods with ship data. Each provides a check on the other allowing a pretty well resolved environment. An important consequence of Sea of Japan research may be the refinement of our methods of determining sea air fluxes from ship data. Other benefit related to vertical mixing in the ocean interior may also be realized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226309

Entities

People

  • Arnold L. Gordon

Organizations

  • Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Masses
  • Air Temperature
  • Bottom Waters
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Isotherms
  • Japan Sea
  • Layers
  • Monitoring
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Sea Water
  • Ships
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design