Air-Sea Interaction (Ocean Storms).
Abstract
The main objective of this project was to analyze the observations we obtained during the Ocean Storms experiment. As part of the Ocean Storms experiment, a mooring was deployed for ten months near the center of the Ocean Storms array (47N, 137W) in the Northeast Pacific. The subsurface mooring had 14 current meters and seven temperature/conductivity sensors distributed between 60 and 4000 m depth. The observations showed: (1) energetic storm-generated inertial oscillations in the surface mixed layer; (2) propagation, on weekly time scales, of near inertial internal waves to depths of several hundred meters; (3) horizontal wavelengths of near inertial waves ranging up to hundreds of km; and 4) currents at 3000-m depth coherent with geostrophic currents determined from a bottom pressure array and also coherent with the wind stress curl in period bands of 3-4 days and 15-60 days. Much of the analysis was carried out by a Ph.D. student, Hongbo Qi, as part of his Ph.D. dissertation. We also collaborated with other Ocean Storms investigators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 05, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA327232
Entities
People
- Clayton A. Paulson
Organizations
- Oregon State University