Accession Number:

ADA455847

Title:

Bioluminescence Flow Visualization in the Ocean: An Initial Strategy Based on Laboratory Experiments

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

SCRIPPS INST OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA ATOC PROJECT OFFICE

Personal Author(s):

• Rohr, Jim
• Hyman, Mark
• Fallon, Stewart
• Latz, Michael I.

Report Date:

2002-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Observations of flow-stimulated bioluminescence have been recorded for centuries throughout the worlds oceans. The present study explores, within a laboratory context, the use of naturally occurring bioluminescence as a strategy towards visualizing oceanic flow fields. The response of luminescent plankton to quantifiable levels of flow agitation was investigated in fully developed pipe flow. With two different pipe flow apparatus and freshly collected mixed plankton samples obtained over a year at two separate locations, several repeatable response patterns

Descriptors:

• *SIMULATION
• *FLOW VISUALIZATION
• *WAKE
• *BIOLUMINESCENCE
• REPRINTS
• MEASUREMENT
• SHIPS
• LABORATORY TESTS
• MASS
• FLOW FIELDS
• RESPONSE
• FLOW
• MIXING
• LABORATORIES
• PATTERNS
• LEVEL(QUANTITY)
• SAMPLING
• SHEAR STRESSES
• LENGTH
• SCALE
• FLASHES
• PLANKTON
• PIPE FLOW
• REPRODUCIBILITY
• LAMINAR FLOW
• ENERGETIC PROPERTIES
• LUMINESCENCE
• OCEANS
• MEAN
• STIMULI
• FLOW RATE
• THRESHOLD EFFECTS
• ENERGY
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• DISSIPATION
• TURBULENCE
• TURBULENT FLOW

Subject Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE