Deep Convection in the Labrador Sea: Moorings, Hydrography and Laboratory Simulations

• Main Author: Rhines, Peter B
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Thermodynamics; *AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; *CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER); *LABRADOR SEA; FLUID DYNAMICS; HIGH LATITUDES; HYDROGRAPHY; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN SURFACE; RUNOFF; SEA ICE; SIMULATION; THERMOCLINES; DEEP CONVECTION; MOORINGS; Labrador Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA627642; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA627642

Observing and modeling the wintertime breakdown of the upper-ocean thermocline/halocline, including deep convection in the high-latitude ocean, and developing an understanding of its effect on the circulation: particularly at the rim of the ocean, and in semi-enclosed seas; forming a comprehensive view of air/sea interaction both above and below the sea-surface; understanding the interplay of geophysical fluid dynamics and heat/salt/freshwater/ice thermodynamics, particularly involving involving coastal runoff and sea-ice.