Arctic Upper Ocean Studies
Abstract
My goals are to investigate and understand the turbulent transfer of momentum, heat, salt, and other scalar contaminants in naturally occurring boundary layers of the ocean, and to apply this knowledge to understanding air-ice-ocean interaction in polar regions. Objectives of the project include (i) gathering and analyzing turbulence data from the ocean boundary layer (OBL) under sea ice; (ii) developing techniques, including both new instrumentation and analysis methods, for determining turbulent fluxes in the boundary layer; (iii) combining measurements and theory (including numerical modeling) for concise descriptions of turbulent boundary layer scales; and (iv) using the results to develop parameterizations of important boundary layer processes for large scale numerical models of the sea ice/upper ocean system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA535089
Entities
People
- Miles G. Mcphee