Stommel Retention Zones: Predicting Massive Suspension and Subsurface Trapping of Buoyant Material by Convective Activity in the Ocean

在海洋上层，混合过程往往发生， 均匀的属性和分散的有机体在整个混合 层. 然而，垂直平面中的有组织运动可能是不可能的。 由于朗缪尔循环而建立。 当这些发生时，他们 可以悬浮颗粒和生物物种。 本研究是一项 悬浮过程的理论研究 材料有组织的流通。 调查人员将 利用混沌理论的概念来计算统计数据， 停留时间作为深度的函数， 分布和浓度水平，这些悬浮 材料.

In the upper ocean mixing processes occur which tend to homogenize properties and disperse organisms throughout the mixed layer. However, organized motions in the vertical plane may be established due to Langmuir circulations. When these occur, they may suspend particles and biological species. This study is a theoretical investigation of the process of suspension of material by organized circulation. The investigators will utilize concepts from chaotic theory to calculate the statistics of residence time as functions of depth, the expected spatial distributions, and the levels of concentration of these suspended materials.