An Inverse Model of Double Diffusive Convection in the Beaufort Sea

This study explores the fluxes of heat and salt associated with thermohaline staircases in the Beaufort Sea. An inverse model is developed to calculate the vertical transport of properties in the southern portion of the Beaufort Sea directly from observations. The applicability of laboratory derived...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaplin, Jeremiah E.
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Hydrology
Limnology and Potamology
Thermodynamics
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*HEAT FLUX
*SALT WATER
*TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
VERTICAL ORIENTATION
LABORATORIES
INVERSION
CALIBRATION
EQUATIONS
THESES
GRIDS
FORMULATIONS
MODELS
LEAST SQUARES METHOD
BEAUFORT SEA(CANADA)
THERMOHALINE
Arctic
Canada
Beaufort Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA514009
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA514009
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Summary:This study explores the fluxes of heat and salt associated with thermohaline staircases in the Beaufort Sea. An inverse model is developed to calculate the vertical transport of properties in the southern portion of the Beaufort Sea directly from observations. The applicability of laboratory derived 4/3 flux law is addressed. Three formulations of the static advectivediffusive equations are discretized on a uniform grid, and inverted using the method of Total Least Squares. The first formulation is based on the classic flux-gradient model, and is analyzed in both one and three-dimensions. The original document contains color images.

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