Lagrangian Floats for Deep Convection

Abstract

I aim to understand the process of deep convection in the ocean. Near surface water is mixed to great depth at a few high latitude locations, thereby forming the deep and bottom masses of the ocean. This proposal has supported the development and deployment of neutrally buoyant floats in the Labrador Sea in the winters of 1997 and 1998 and the analysis of the resulting data. These floats provide detailed information on the processes and rates of deep convection. The objective during FY01 was to finish analysis of this data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625461

Entities

People

  • Eric A. D Asaro

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Tracking
  • Convection
  • Data Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Heat Flux
  • High Latitudes
  • Information Operations
  • Labrador Sea
  • Latitude
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Surface Waters
  • Water

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.