Early Student Support for the Study of Inertial Motions in the Arctic Ocean
Abstract
The decreasing trend in minimum sea-ice extent in the Arctic Ocean has been a topic of concern with far reaching effects. There is good reason to believe that the Arctic Ocean will become a more active ocean, with larger surface waves and more intense internal wave activity (Rainville et al., 2011). Particularly in the marginal zone, the processes controlling the response of the ocean to wind forcing span a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. In this project, we use a combination of several existing instruments, satellite products, simple models, and emerging new technology to study the internal wave field in the Arctic Ocean, and the feedback processes between internal wave energy and stratification.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA572185
Entities
People
- Luc Rainville
Organizations
- University of Washington