Velocity Structure and Mixing in a Warm Core Ring

暖芯环中的速度结构和混合

• 批准号: 8911053
• 负责人: Raymond Schmitt
• 金额: $ 80.5万
• 依托单位: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-11-15 至 1993-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8911053&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Velocity; Structure; Mixing; Warm; Core

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 is a warm core ring, in order to test these hypothesis, and to measure the mixing properties in regions of high geostrophic shear.

假设暖核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切变。最近对热环中惯性波能量增强和混合水平提高的观测支持了这一点。在这个项目中，P.I.S将部署几种不同类型的细微结构仪器是一个温暖的芯环，以验证这些假设，并测量在高地转切变区的混合性质。