Lagrangian Turbulence and Transport in Semi-enclosed Basins and Coastal Regions

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is the development and application of new methods of investigation for the use of Lagrangian data and other emerging in-situ and remote instruments (drifters, HF radar, gliders and satellite) that provide information on upper ocean advection. Special attention is given to the development of new techniques for data analysis and assimilation in Eulerian numerical models for the prediction of Lagrangian transport in coastal flows. The project has the following specific objectives pursued during the last year of funding: 1) To use methods for velocity reconstruction from model outputs and drifter data to improve the prediction of sonobuoy trajectories in an operational setting. 2) To use HF radar and drifter data to characterize and predict transport properties in coastal flows. 3) To participate to the planning, execution and data analysis of a Rapid Environment Assessment experiment in the coastal ocean (Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea).s

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA542828

Entities

People

  • Annalisa Griffa
  • Tamay M. Özgökmen

Organizations

  • Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Coastal Regions
  • Compressed Sensing
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • High Resolution
  • Ligurian Sea
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Oceans
  • Radar
  • Regions
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Trajectories
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space