Monthly Heat Budget Calculations for the Eastern North Pacific Ocean Using Synoptic-Scale Data.

A heat budget was calculated for the upper 250 m of the eastern North Pacific Ocean using data from Fleet Numerical Weather Central. The motivation for the study is the proposed ocean basin application of mixed-layer models. The heat budget calculation indirectly determined the magnitude of subsurfa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schnoor,Robert Timothy, Elsberry,Russell L.
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Thermodynamics
*HEAT TRANSFER
*AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
*SEA WATER
THERMAL PROPERTIES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
TEMPERATURE
OCEAN SURFACE
LAYERS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
THESES
DEPTH
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
THERMAL DIFFUSION
MIXING
STORAGE
HEAT
HEAT FLUX
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
OCEAN MODELS
CIRCULATION
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ADVECTION
SUBSURFACE
HEAT BALANCE
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
THERMOCLINES
*Heat budget
Ocean basins
Ocean circulation
Mixed layers(Marine)
Heat storage
East Pacific Ocean
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA012454
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Summary:A heat budget was calculated for the upper 250 m of the eastern North Pacific Ocean using data from Fleet Numerical Weather Central. The motivation for the study is the proposed ocean basin application of mixed-layer models. The heat budget calculation indirectly determined the magnitude of subsurface physical processes by comparing the monthly change in heat storage with the net air-sea heat flux. The heat storage values were derived from subsurface thermal structure data and compared to two different computations of heat flux data. In certain areas physical processes, as found by Bathen (1971), are two to three times greater than the heat flux. However, in the mean the values are of the same magnitude as the heat flux. Investigation of the heat storage term of the heat budget equation indicates that larger values of the residual term may be due to computational error. Present mixed-layer models which rely solely on the heat flux to balance heat storage changes must be modified to include physical processes for application to ocean basins. (Author) Master's thesis.

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