Studies in Vortex Dynamics

• Main Authors: Rudnick, Daniel, Carnevale, George
• Other Authors: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN CURRENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CONVECTION; VORTICES; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING; LABRADOR SEA; *DEEP CONVECTION; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA364251; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA364251

This AASERT provided support for graduate student Kara Lavender who has just completed her fourth year of graduate study in physical oceanography. Ms. Lavender has been steadily working on the thesis project she proposed in her qualifying exam one year ago. The thesis proposal focuses on the general circulation and the process of open-ocean deep convection in the Labrador Sea. The research involves the analysis of data from roughly 200 PALACE floats which were released in the Labrador Sea as part of the ONR Deep Convection Experiment. The finished project will include: an examination of the large-scale circulation of the Labrador Sea by mapping the property and horizontal velocity fields, a study of the formation of convective regions using hydrographic profile data as well as vertical velocity data, and an investigation of the small-scale dynamics of the deep convection process using temperature and vertical velocity time series data.