Upper Ocean Mixing

Abstract

My long-term goal is to identify, quantify, and parameterize the major mixing processes in the upper ocean. My scientific objectives are to measure mixing directly with microstructure sensors and to relate these measurements to the larger scales producing the mixing in such a way that the results can be compared with either the large-scale changes resulting from the mixing or with theoretical predictions of mixing rates. My technological objectives are to develop instruments and sensors to measure the major mixing parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627532

Entities

People

  • Jack Miller
  • Michael Gregg

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Channel Flow
  • Continental Shelves
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Geometry
  • Information Operations
  • Internal Waves
  • Microstructure
  • Middle East
  • New England
  • Observation
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Shallow Water
  • Solitons
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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