Tracer Studies of Mixing in Stratified Coastal Waters

Abstract

The long term goal of the experiment is to gain an understanding of the interaction of mixing, stirring, and advection with the optical properties of the water column on the continental shelf in a temperate region. This understanding should ultimately be great enough to enable predictions of optical properties to be made from external forcing of the physical and biological system and conditions of the waters surrounding the shelf region. Understanding and quantification of the diapycnal mixing processes studied in the present project are important to this long-term goal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA569850

Entities

People

  • James R. Ledwell
  • Timothy F Duda

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusivity
  • Dispersions
  • Engineering
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Microstructure
  • Mixing
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Physics
  • Systems Biology
  • Temperate Regions
  • Tracer Studies

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies