An Inverse Model of Double Diffusive Convection in the Beaufort Sea

Abstract

This study explores the fluxes of heat and salt associated with thermohaline staircases in the Beaufort Sea. An inverse model is developed to calculate the vertical transport of properties in the southern portion of the Beaufort Sea directly from observations. The applicability of laboratory derived 4/3 flux law is addressed. Three formulations of the static advectivediffusive equations are discretized on a uniform grid, and inverted using the method of Total Least Squares. The first formulation is based on the classic flux-gradient model, and is analyzed in both one and three-dimensions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA514009

Entities

People

  • Jeremiah E. Chaplin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Climate Change
  • Coefficients
  • Convection
  • Curve Fitting
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Equations
  • Grids
  • Heat Flux
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.