Interaction of the Throughflow with Small Scale Variability

摘要

The long-term goal of this award is to understand the processes that control the generation, evolution and distribution of small-scale, time- dependent features within straits, and how these features interact with the large-scale sub-tidal throughflow within which they are embedded. The effort will focus on a multi-year time series from an ocean sensor array of moored ADCP and temperature-conductivity sensors, and pressure gauge observations in the internal straits of the Philippine seas. The aim is to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of the small-scale features and how they may vary seasonally to interannually as the remote and local (monsoonal) forcing changes.