Horizontal Variability in Surface Mixing in Response to Wind Forcing

Abstract

Our long term goal is to develop a tethered glider vehicle that will carry the microstructure profiler EPSONDE and to use this system to study the horizontal and vertical variability of mixing processes in the ocean mixed layer in response to atmospheric forcing. The technical objectives for the project have been to complete the mechanical design and testing of the EPSONDE-Glider including flight control design and testing of both hardware and software. Science objectives included performing quasi- horizontal turbulence profiles in the ocean mixed layer as part of an integrated field experiment. Objectives for the last year have been to analyze and publish data collected during the field program in 1996 and from recent testing on the DREA Barge in Bedford Basin. An effort has also been made to improve some characteristics of the instrument design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA569987

Entities

People

  • Fred W. Dobson
  • Neil S. Oakey

Organizations

  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Electronic Mail
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Information Operations
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Low Noise
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Microstructure
  • Nova Scotia
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Turbulence
  • Wind

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy