Analysis of High Resolution Upper Ocean Dye Release Experiments Using Airborne LIDAR

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to better understand lateral mixing processes on scales of 0.1-10 km in the ocean. This includes the underlying mechanisms and forcing, as well as the temporal, spatial, and scale variability of such mixing. The particular goal of the present work is to directly observe the processes governing lateral stirring at these scales via high resolution dye release experiments using airborne LIDAR. The broad impacts of this research range from a better understanding of ocean ecosystems and ocean health, to improved parameterizations in numerical models, to a variety of other practical purposes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA534091

Entities

People

  • Eugene A. Terray
  • James R. Ledwell
  • Miles A. Sundermeyer

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Dyes
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Forward Scattering
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Mixing
  • North Carolina
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers