Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
Also published as: Journal of Physical Oceanography 10 (1980): 1686-1690
Description:
The temporal changes in the low-frequency thermal structure during a two-week period in August-September
1978 are discussed from moored data collected during the JASIN experiment. While some
changes in the thermal structure appear to be related to local winds, the dominant low-frequency
variability in the seasonal thermocline can be explained as horizontal ad vection of a spatially varying
temperature field, and associated thermal wind, by geostrophic currents with little vertical motion or
mixing required.
Description:
Prepared for the Office of Naval Research under
Contract N00014-76-C- 0197, NR 083-400 and partial
funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
for participation in JASIN by the computer center
at Kiel University is also acknowledged.
Keywords:
Joint Air-Sea Interaction Project
;
Thermoclines
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
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