Study of Kuroshio Intrusion and Transport Using Moorings, HPIES and EM-APEX Floats

Abstract

Our long-term scientific goals are to understand the dynamics and identify mechanisms of small-scale processes--i.e., internal tides, inertial waves, NLIWs, and turbulence mixing--in the ocean and thereby help develop improved parameterizations of mixing for ocean models. Mixing within the stratified ocean is a particular focus as the complex interplay of internal waves from a variety of sources and turbulence makes this a current locus of uncertainty.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA534049

Entities

People

  • Ren-Chieh Lien
  • Thomas B. Sanford

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continental Slopes
  • Dynamics
  • East China Sea
  • Energy
  • Internal Waves
  • Intrusion
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ridges
  • Tidal Power
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbulence
  • Uncertainty
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography