Profiling Float Measurements of the Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT)
Abstract
This proposal seeks to purchase 20 SOLO-II profiling floats to augment the FlowEncountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) project funded for the PIs by Office of NavalResearch. The scientific goals of the FLEAT project are (1) to investigate the flow-topography interactions around the Palau-Yap ridge system and (2) to clarify the dynamical processes controlling the mean and time-varying ocean ci"rculation surrounding the region. By adding the 20 profiling floats to the other instruments in the funded FLEAT project, we aim1."" To detect new, multi-scale, oceanic circulation features around the Palau-Yap ridgesystem,2. To capture broader-scale ~far-field~"" NEC/NECC conditions in support of the ~nearfield~in-situ measurements,3. To quantify temporal evolution of the upper ocean temper""ature and salinity fields, theseasonal mixed layer/barrier layer, the subthermocline intermediate waters, and thedrift velocity es""timates at the parking depth, and4. To improve the predictability of the upper ocean circulation variability on multipletimescales"" in the Philippine Sea by incorporating in-situ data, including those fromthe profiling float measurements of this proposal, into n""umerical ocean generalcirculation models (OGCMs).In addition to these research aims, the proposed acquisition of the SOLO-II profi"ling floats alsohelps to educate graduate students and postdocs in the FLEAT project in the area of autonomousocean observation platforms important to the national defense.This abstract is publicly releasable
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2017
- Source ID
- N000141712799
Entities
People
- Daniel L. Rudnick
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego