Frontogenesis and Subduction at the Alboran Front
Abstract
This proposal is for a pilot field campaign and modeling efforts to study vertical motion at anoceanic front. The Alboran Sea, which lies in the Western Mediterranean, is home to a quasipermanentfront that separates fresher Atlantic water entering the Mediterranean throughGibraltar, from the more saline and dense water of the Mediterranean. As the front intensifies, itgenerates an along-isopycnal vertical motion that is estimated to be of the order of 100 m perday. The objective is to measure or infer the frontal vertical velocity, estimate the associatedvertical mass flux, and understand the physical mechanisms that lead to the vertical motion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141613130
Entities
People
- Amala Mahadevan
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution