Korean Support for the NRL Component of the US and Korea Collaboration on Mixing Processes

Abstract

The proposed effort would provide for Korean support of the NRL component of the US-Korea collaboration on mixing processes in the southwestern Japan/East Sea (MJES); it would complement a previous grant to support the Korean component of the scientific collaboration. The objective of MJES is to understand, quantify the role, and assess the impact of small-scale (O (1 cm)) to sub-mesoscale (O (10 km)) processes, and the effects of topography on the circulation and water-mass transformation in the Japan/East Sea (JES), focusing on the southwestern region where variability is especially energetic and affects the entire JES circulation. The approach to accomplish the objective is to conduct an observational program in collaboration with Korean investigators designed to capture main mixing processes in the southwestern JES. The observation will focus on measuring short and long-term turbulent fluxes, sub-mesoscale variability, and bottom frictional and pressure forces that result from multiple scale bottom variation.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Dec 10, 2021
Source ID
N629092212004

Entities

People

  • Kyung-il Chang

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers