Microstructure Turbulence Characteristics of a Shallow Water Column During a Storm Front: Direct Measurement of Heat Flux and Rate of Production and Dissipation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy.

摘要

The principal long-term goal of this work is to contribute to the development of physics-based numerical models for accurate assessment and prediction of the ocean environment. Such models are required, for example, for rapid environmental assessments preceding MCM operations. Our contribution is based on developing accurate parameterization of the active small-scale processes in the water column through observations from fixed and mobile AUV platforms. The parameterizations are needed to correctly model subgrid scale processes in predictive numerical models. The aim is to develop the necessary data bank to help parameterize the sub-grid processes under various, measured background conditions.