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Observations of Enhanced Diapycnal Mixing near the Hawaiian Ridge
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Profiles of potential density obtained from CTD casts at two stations at different distances from the Hawaiian ridge are examined for evidence of diapycnal turbulent mixing as indicated by density inversions and internal-wave ...
Causes for Large-Scale Hydrographic Changes at the Hawaii Ocean Time Series Station
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Results from Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO)?Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) global ocean state estimate, available over the 11-yr period 1992 through 2002, are compared with independent ...
A Near-Surface Microstructure Sensor System Used during TOGA COARE. Part II: Turbulence Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: New techniques developed for near-surface turbulence measurements during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) employ a difference in spatial scales of turbulence ...
The JASMINE Pilot Study
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The methods and initial results of an extensive pilot study, the Joint Air-Sea Monsoon Interaction Experiment (JASMINE) held in the Indian Ocean during the summer of 1999, are described. The experimental design was based ...