Effects of mixed layer shear on vertical heat flux
Reissued 21 Feb 2017 with correction to spelling of Second Reader’s name. Measurements of salinity, temperature, and velocity shear profile time series were calculated from collocated AOFB and ITP buoys deployed in the Beaufort Sea from 2014–2015. Of interest was the effect ice speed has on MLD shea...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/51696 2024-06-09T07:44:15+00:00 Effects of mixed layer shear on vertical heat flux Fleet, Stephen M. Stanton, Tim Oceanography Radko, Timour 2016-12 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/51696 unknown Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School https://hdl.handle.net/10945/51696 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. inertial oscillations inertial motion arctic heat flux entrainment Richardson number ice-tethered profiler autonomous ocean flux buoy acoustic Doppler current profiler Thesis 2016 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T00:51:48Z Reissued 21 Feb 2017 with correction to spelling of Second Reader’s name. Measurements of salinity, temperature, and velocity shear profile time series were calculated from collocated AOFB and ITP buoys deployed in the Beaufort Sea from 2014–2015. Of interest was the effect ice speed has on MLD shear generation, Richardson number, and heat flux. The inertial components were also considered, as a large inertial event was present during the beginning of the data set. Data from the buoys show turbulent activity in the ocean during inertial wind events contributes to enhanced mixing in the mixed layer and entrainment of heat from the pycnocline. Data during non-inertial events has a much weaker correlation. Results demonstrated that during inertial events, ice speed was moderately correlated with heat flux (r = .56, p < .001). Non-inertial events saw a lower correlation of ice speed to heat flux (r = .312, p < .001). Relationships between ice speed and shear (r = .107, p < .001), ice speed and inverse Richardson number (r = .035, p = .256), inverse Richardson number and heat flux (r = .3, p < .001), heat content and heat flux (r = .084, p < .001) were also explored. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/effectsofmixedla1094551696 Thesis Arctic Beaufort Sea Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Arctic |
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Reissued 21 Feb 2017 with correction to spelling of Second Reader’s name. Measurements of salinity, temperature, and velocity shear profile time series were calculated from collocated AOFB and ITP buoys deployed in the Beaufort Sea from 2014–2015. Of interest was the effect ice speed has on MLD shear generation, Richardson number, and heat flux. The inertial components were also considered, as a large inertial event was present during the beginning of the data set. Data from the buoys show turbulent activity in the ocean during inertial wind events contributes to enhanced mixing in the mixed layer and entrainment of heat from the pycnocline. Data during non-inertial events has a much weaker correlation. Results demonstrated that during inertial events, ice speed was moderately correlated with heat flux (r = .56, p < .001). Non-inertial events saw a lower correlation of ice speed to heat flux (r = .312, p < .001). Relationships between ice speed and shear (r = .107, p < .001), ice speed and inverse Richardson number (r = .035, p = .256), inverse Richardson number and heat flux (r = .3, p < .001), heat content and heat flux (r = .084, p < .001) were also explored. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/effectsofmixedla1094551696 |
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Effects of mixed layer shear on vertical heat flux |
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