Near-Inertial Energy Fluxes in NISKINE: Temporal and Spatial Variability of Near-Inertial Shear in the Upper Ocean

Abstract

In order to understand how the energy flux of near-inertial waves is modulated and removed from the ocean, one or more full depth moorings will be deployed in a near-inertial hot-spot-ove a full seasonal cycle to estimate the variability of the energy flux. Additionally, fast profiling towed measurements using the fastCTD will be conducted during two process studies to determine how that near-inertial energy flux is distributed away from mooring location, and to make additional estimates of how the energy is modulated in an active mesoscale ultimately removed from the system

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Jul 10, 2018
Source ID
N000141812423

Entities

People

  • Amy F. Waterhouse

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy
  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers