Adriatic Circulation Experiment- Mesoscale Dynamics and Response to Strong Atmospheric Forcing

Abstract

We seek to understand the role played by three primary driving forces: (1) wintertime Bora winds, (2) weaker, along-basin Sirocco winds and (3) seasonal buoyancy input from the Po River and other sources, in governing the evolution of coastal filaments, eddies and fronts in the northern Adriatic. Additional efforts will focus on the dynamics of watermass formation and subduction in a shallow sea regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612667

Entities

People

  • Craig Lee

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adriatic Sea
  • Attenuation
  • Buoyancy
  • Dynamics
  • Heat Loss
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Environments
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Salt Water
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Surveys
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers