Accession Number:

ADA582358

Title:

Observations of Energy Dissipation in the Wake of a Western Pacific Typhoon

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Jan 2010-31 Dec 2013

Corporate Author:

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA DEPT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• St. Laurent, Louis

Report Date:

2013-03-22

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

We are focused on understanding small-scale processes that influence the oceans thermodynamic and dynamic properties on the sub-mesoscale scales less than 10 km. This includes the turbulent evolution of cold wakes caused by typhoons, and the subsequent mixing processes the restore the upper ocean stratification after a storm event.

Descriptors:

• *TYPHOONS
• DISSIPATION
• ENERGY
• PACIFIC OCEAN
• TURBULENCE
• WAKE

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE