Studying the Origin of the Kuroshio with an Array of ADCP-CTD Moorings

Abstract

Our long-term scientific goals are to understand the dynamics and identify mechanisms of small-scale processes i.e., internal tides, inertial waves, nonlinear internal waves (NLIWs), and turbulence mixing in the ocean and their interaction with mesoscale processes such as western boundary currents. We aim to develop improved parameterizations of mixing for ocean models. For this study, our focus is on the origin of the Kuroshio, the interaction among internal tides, internal waves, mesoscale eddies, and the Kuroshio, and the interaction of oceanic processes with the complex topography in Luzon Strait.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA624500

Entities

People

  • Ren-Chieh Lien

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Data Processing
  • Dynamics
  • Eddy Currents
  • Energy
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Internal Waves
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Topography
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography