Profiling Dissipation Measurements using chi pods on Moored Profilers in Luzon Strait
Abstract
The long-term goal of this program is to understand the physics of small-scale oceanic processes and how they affect the larger scales of ocean circulation. Ongoing studies within the Ocean Mixing Group at OSU emphasize observations, interaction with turbulence modelers and an aggressive program of sensor/ instrumentation development and integration. The principal objectives of this project are to: quantify the energy losses to turbulent dissipation in the Luzon Strait in a systematic, comprehensive and extended way; quantify the spring-neap variation in these energy losses; assess whether turbulence is driven primarily by diurnal, semidiurnal, near-inertial, or mesoscale shear; obtain meaningful, long-term observations of turbulent heat and momentum flux profiles in Luzon Strait, from which useful parameterizations may be derived; and measure the seafloor pressure difference through the Strait associated with deep water overflows.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA542484
Entities
People
- James N. Moum
- Jonathan D. Nash
Organizations
- Oregon State University