Observations of Turbulence in the Surface Ocean Boundary Layer
Title: Observations of Turbulence in the Surface Ocean Boundary Layer
Speaker: Brian Ward (NUI Galway)
Date: Wednesday, 2nd December 2015
Time: 3pm – 4pm
Location: Room E1.19, Science East
Abstract:
The mixed layer depth (MLD) of the ocean is an important lengthscale for modelling may upper ocean processes. Turbulence in the surface ocean boundary layer (SOBL) is the key process for deepening the MLD, and therefore it is critical to correctly scale the different types of turbulence arising from wind, waves, and buoyancy. Turbulence is also a key process for increasing the exchange between the ocean and atmosphere. Here is presented observations of upper ocean turbulence using the autonomous profiling instrument ASIP (Air-Sea Interaction Proler) in different ocean basins which have enabled studies on internal breaking waves, air-sea exchange of CO2 and the impact of rainfall on upper ocean salinity.
Series: ACM
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