
NSF - GIW Dissipation
We will examine the global internal gravity wave dissipation by conducting energy budget analyses of internal wave-permitting global ocean models using MITgcm. Recent studies using high-resolution regional ocean models, forced at their lateral boundaries by the well-known LLC4320 simulation, indicate the importance of choosing appropriate horizontal and vertical dissipation schemes. We aim to accordingly employ appropriate parameterization of the dissipation and improve the global characterization of internal wave mixing by comparing with in-situ observational data.
Top Level Tasks
Perform high-resolution global ocean simulations in MITgcm to characterize global maps of internal wave dissipation.
Compare the simulation results with in-situ observational microstructure data and inferences from fine-structure parameterizations applied to CTD and ADCP data.
Diagnose the mechanisms for internal wave dissipation and compare the performance of various eddy viscosity parametrizations.
Obtain the seasonal variability of the depth profiles of dissipation and compare with observational data.
Team Members
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Aleutian slope Long Line is in and all SQUIDs deployed!
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IWR Array is in with the Long Line and SQUID floats on their way!
(from right to left) SIO graduate students Caeli Griffin and Grant Meiners Chief-Scientists-in-the-making with R/V Atlantis Captain Derek discussing their night…
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Atlantis updates and it’s mooring deployment day off the Aleutians!
WHOI’s Jess K. readying a CPIES for deployment. (photo by Magdalena Andres) Things are going well out here. The…