Lagrangian Floats for Deep Convection

Near surface water is mixed to great depth at a few high latitude locations, thereby forming the deep and bottom masses of the ocean. This proposal has supported the development and deployment of neutrally buoyant floats in the Labrador Sea in the winters of 1997 and 1998 and the analysis of the res...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D Asaro, Eric A
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Thermodynamics
*CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER)
*DEEP OCEANS
FLOATS
HIGH LATITUDES
LABRADOR SEA
MIXING
SURFACE WATERS
LAGRANGIAN FLOATS
DEEP CONVECTION
Labrador Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA627027
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA627027
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Summary:Near surface water is mixed to great depth at a few high latitude locations, thereby forming the deep and bottom masses of the ocean. This proposal has supported the development and deployment of neutrally buoyant floats in the Labrador Sea in the winters of 1997 and 1998 and the analysis of the resulting data. These floats provide detailed information on the processes and rates of deep convection. A no-cost extension during FY02 allowed further analysis of the data.

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