Diapycnal Mixing in a Coastal Regime

Abstract

As part of ONR's AESOP DRI, during August 2006 M. Gregg's research team surveyed turbulent mixing across Monterey Bay, sequentially profiling along a set of tracks and repeating each sequence for a half-daily tidal cycle, 12.4 hours. In addition, a 300 kHz Workhorse ADCP was installed to monitor currents at one place. The observations revealed an unexpectedly rich array of processes within the bay and on the adjacent upper shelf.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 13, 2009
Accession Number
ADA510380

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  • Michael C. Gregg

Organizations

  • University of Washington

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Abstracts
  • Backscattering
  • Birds
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Microstructure
  • Military Research
  • Mixing
  • National Governments
  • Observation
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Sonar
  • Tidal Currents
  • Turbulent Mixing

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  • Environmental science

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