Using Dye to Study Lateral Mixing in the Ocean: 100 m to 1 km

Abstract

The long-term goals of this research are to understand submesoscale processes causing horizontal dispersion of momentum and scalar quantities. We are interested in these processes in the open ocean as well as their role in mixing the coastal ocean. OBJECTIVES The specific objectives of the proposed research are to: Participate with Lateral Mixing DRI investigators in planning a coordinated observational program, Conduct dye release experiments in conjunction with the observations planned by the other investigators to address the DRI hypotheses, and Analyze experimental data and report results in Lateral Mixing workshops, national scientific meetings and publications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556559

Entities

People

  • Murray D. Levine

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Columbia River
  • Dispersions
  • Dyes
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow Fields
  • Information Operations
  • Laser Dyes
  • Observation
  • Ocean Observing Systems
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.