Enhanced Predictability Through Lagrangian Observations and Analysis

Abstract

The long-term goal of this project is develop the capability to predict the origin and fate of ocean water particles. We believe that achieving this goal follows from quantification of the roles of sub-mesoscale stirring and advective transport on ocean dynamics. Spatial scales of interest range from one kilometer to the Rossby deformation scale with corresponding time scales ranging from minutes to days. We rely on synoptic currents from high-frequency (HF) radar and output from data-assimilating numerical models for information on these scales.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612096

Entities

People

  • Albert D. Kirwan
  • B. L. Lipphardt Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Area Coverage
  • Assimilation
  • Death
  • Delaware
  • Deployment
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • High Resolution
  • Mixing
  • Naval Operations
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Particles
  • Stagnation Point
  • Surface Transportation
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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