Mesoscale Dynamics, Lateral and Vertical Mixing in China Seas and Western Pacific

Abstract

The long-term goal of our research program is to understand and parameterize links between background forcing and ensuing mesoscale and small-scale features of oceanic dynamics, with emphases on lateral and vertical mixing. The objectives of the project during 2010 (April 1 - September 30) were: (i) to conduct measurements of turbulence in the Luzon Strait and adjacent waters of South China Sea (SCS), (ii) to analyze the distribution of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation rate in different areas of SCS and estimate the contributions of pycnocline and BBL to the dissipation on the shelf, and (iii) to continue investigations on the dissipation rate very near the ocean floor, and in the region of Changjiang Diluted Water (CDW) of Yangtze River of the East China Sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA542676

Entities

People

  • Harindra J. S. Fernando
  • Iossif Lozovatsky

Organizations

  • University of Notre Dame

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Dynamics
  • East China Sea
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Internal Waves
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Potential Energy
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ridges
  • Seabed
  • Solitons
  • South China Sea
  • Topography
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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