Ocean Dynamics

Abstract

The long-term goal is to gain a more complete understanding of ocean dynamical processes, particularly at fine-scale, through comparison of high, mid- and low-latitude observations, near the sea surface, in the main thermocline, and near the sea floor. The objectives are to identify the phenomena involved in the cascade of energy from meso-scales to turbulent scales. In particular, we wish to quantify the relationship between fine-scale background conditions and the occurrence of microscale breaking.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612143

Entities

People

  • Jody M. Klymak
  • Robert Pinkel

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Doppler Sonar
  • Dynamics
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Phased Arrays
  • Physics
  • Sampling
  • Scattering
  • Seabed
  • Sonar
  • Statistics
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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