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

StaceyOCE-0094317这个职业生涯计划的努力是一个长期的研究河口前在旧金山弗朗西斯科湾。 在接下来的几年里，在夏季的几个月里，系泊的ADCP将部署在已知存在不同类型锋面的地区。 短期，为期一天的实验将使用船上测绘，微观结构分析，分散在前线和周围的染料研究。要问的主要问题是“在多大程度上做前影响河口混合和运输”？ 锋面限制混合和跨锋面输送，它们鼓励沿锋面输送，并且它们可能在锋消过程中增强混合。 拟议的工作将确定这些过程的相对重要性。 教育部分将包括在旧金山弗朗西斯科探索馆进行展览和视觉实验，并为对环境流体动力学感兴趣的研究生提供实地考察的机会。

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.