Frontal Subduction.

This grant provided support for the collection, analysis, and publication of results from the Subduction Accelerated Research Initiative. The hypothesis of this contribution to the Subduction experiment was that downward fluxes at fronts may provide a major source of surface water to the interior of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudnick, Daniel L.
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1996
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*HYPOTHESES
*GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS
VORTICES
SURVEYS
SURFACE WATERS
SHIPBOARD
DOPPLER SYSTEMS
HEAT FLUX
TOWED VEHICLES
*SUBDUCTION MECHANISM
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA327180
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA327180
Description
Summary:This grant provided support for the collection, analysis, and publication of results from the Subduction Accelerated Research Initiative. The hypothesis of this contribution to the Subduction experiment was that downward fluxes at fronts may provide a major source of surface water to the interior of the ocean. This hypothesis was addressed using a trio of surveys of the Azores Front in the North Atlantic done in May 1991 and March 1992. These surveys were made using a towed vehicle (SeaSoar) equipped with a conductivity-temperature-depth profiler and a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler.

Similar Items