Near-Inertial Wave Critical Layers in a Warm-Core Ring

据推测，一个温暖的核心环的低涡度环境可以捕获惯性波能量，提供局部增加的细尺度剪切。最近对暖环中增强的惯性波能量和高水平混合的观测支持了这一点。在这个项目中，私家侦探为了测试这些假设，并测量高地转剪切区域的混合特性，nasa将在温暖的地核环中部署几种不同类型的精细和微观结构仪器。

It is hypothesized that the low vorticity environment of a warm core ring can trap inertial wave energy, providing locally increased finescale shear. This is supported by recent observations of enhanced inertial wave energy and elevated levels of mixing in warm rings. In this project, the P.I.'s will deploy several different types of fine and microstructure instruments in a warm core ring, in order to test these hypotheses, and to measure the mixing properties in regions of high geostrophic shear.