Near-Inertial Mixing in NISKINE: Time Series of Shear, Microstructure and Air-Sea Fluxes from Wave-Powered Wirewalkers
Abstract
In order to understand the time variability and causes of near-inertial mixing in the North Atlantic, three next-generation standalone shear and temperature microstructure instruments(???epsilometers or epsi???) will be placed on wave-powered Wirewalker profilers (???epsi- Wirewalkers; epsi-WW???) and deployed for periods of 2-3 months. These will augment othershipboard and autonomous assets in the NISKINE DRI and will assist in assembling a unified cradle-to-grave picture of the generation, propagation and dissipation of storm-generated nearinertialwaves in a moderate mesoscale field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2018
- Source ID
- N000141812404
Entities
People
- Matthew H. Alford
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego