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

这个CAREER项目是对旧金山湾河口锋的长期研究。在接下来的几年里，在夏季的几个月里，停泊的adcp将部署在已知存在不同类型锋面的地区。短期的、为期一天的实验将使用船载测绘、微观结构分析和前线及其周围分散的染料研究进行。要问的主要问题是“锋面在多大程度上影响河口的混合和运输”？锋面限制混合和横贯锋面运输，鼓励沿锋面运输，并在锋面溶解过程中增强混合。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馆开发展示和视觉实验，并为对环境流体动力学感兴趣的研究生提供实地机会。

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.