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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA629668

Entities

People

  • Eric A. D'Asaro

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Tracking
  • Boundary Layer
  • Convection
  • Data Analysis
  • Heat Flux
  • High Latitudes
  • Information Operations
  • Labrador Sea
  • Layers
  • Littoral Zones
  • Low Resolution
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Surface Waters

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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