Arctic Mixed Layer Dynamics and Graduate Student Support

• Main Author: Morison, James H
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *OCEAN MODELS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERICS; BEHAVIOR; BOUNDARY LAYER; DYNAMICS; HEAT; INSTABILITY; KALMAN FILTERING; MIXING; SALINITY; SIMULATION; SMOOTHING(MATHEMATICS); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; DENSITY STRUCTURE; UPPER ARCTIC OCEAN; Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA628971; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA628971

Our long-term goal is to understand the dynamic and thermodynamic processes causing changes in the velocity and density structure of the upper Arctic Ocean. For example we seek to understand the heat and mass balance of the mixed layer. In light of recent changes in the upper ocean structure, our long-term goals are shifting toward processes important to larger-scale changes.