The Role of Fronts in Estuarine Circulation and Transport: A Research and Education Career Development Plan

锋面在河口环流和运输中的作用：研究和教育职业发展计划

• 批准号: 0094317
• 负责人: Mark Stacey
• 金额: $ 35.6万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0094317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Role; Fronts; Estuarine; Circulation; Transport

StaceyOCE-0094317This CAREER program effort is a long-term study of estuarine fronts in San Francisco Bay. Over a series of years, during the summer months, moored ADCPs will be deployed in regions where fronts of different type are known to exist. Short, one-day experiments will be performed using shipboard mapping, microstructure profiling, and dye studies of dispersion in and around the fronts. The dominant question to be asked is 'to what extent do fronts influence mixing and transport in estuaries'? Fronts limit mixing and cross-frontal transport, they encourage along-front transport, and they may enhance mixing during frontolysis. The proposed work will identify the relative importance of these processes. The educational component will include development of a display and visual experiments at the San Francisco Exploratorium and development of field opportunities for graduate students interested in environmental fluid dynamics.

StaceyOCE-0094317这项职业计划是对旧金山湾河口前沿的长期研究。在接下来的几年里，在夏季的几个月里，将在已知存在不同类型锋面的地区部署系泊ADCP。将进行为期一天的短期实验，使用船上绘图、显微结构分析和前缘及其周围的染料分散研究。最主要的问题是“锋面对河口混合和输送的影响有多大”？锋面限制了混合和跨锋面输送，它们鼓励沿锋面输送，并可能在锋面溶解期间加强混合。拟议的工作将确定这些进程的相对重要性。教育部分将包括在旧金山探索博物馆开发展示和视觉实验，以及为对环境流体动力学感兴趣的研究生开发实地机会。