CFD application to oceanic mixed layer sampling with Lagrangian platforms

Frontal adjustment and restratification in oceanic mixed layers is one of the processes that is considered to be important in the ocean's multi-scale energy transfer, biogeochemical transport, air-sea interaction, acoustic propagation and naval operations. We summarise a CFD-based modelling app...

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Published in:International journal of computational fluid dynamics 2012-01, Vol.26 (6-8), p.337-348
Main Authors: Özgökmen, Tamay M., Fischer, Paul F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic propagation
Air-sea interaction
Biogeochemistry
Energy transfer
Field tests
Lagrangian transport
Mixed layer
Modelling
ocean mixing
ocean sampling
Platforms
relative dispersion
Sampling
Scalars
Temperature (air-sea)
tracers
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Summary:Frontal adjustment and restratification in oceanic mixed layers is one of the processes that is considered to be important in the ocean's multi-scale energy transfer, biogeochemical transport, air-sea interaction, acoustic propagation and naval operations. We summarise a CFD-based modelling approach to sample processes at an idealised mixed layer base using passive scalars and particles, given a subset of realistic constraints on these resources in field experiments. The results emphasise the effectiveness of Lagrangian platforms, in particular passive particles, for sampling rapidly evolving submesoscale oceanic fields.
ISSN:1061-8562
1029-0257
DOI:10.1080/10618562.2012.668888