Accession Number:

ADA551526

Title:

Lagrangian Floats for Deep Convection

Descriptive Note:

Annual rept.

Corporate Author:

WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• D'Asaro, Eric A.

Report Date:

1998-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

I aim to understand the process of deep convection in the ocean. Near surface water is mixed to great depth at a few high latitude locations, thereby forming the deep and bottom masses of the ocean. This proposal has supported the development and deployment of neutrally buoyant floats in the Labrador Sea in the winters of 1997 and 1998 and the analysis of the resulting data. These floats provide detailed information on the processes and rates of deep convection.

Descriptors:

• *CONVECTION(ATMOSPHERIC)
• *FLOATS
• *OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS
• BUOYANCY
• DEPTH
• HIGH LATITUDES
• LABRADOR SEA
• MIXING
• SURFACE WATERS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE