Author : William Robert Crawford
Release : 1976
Genre : Ocean circulation
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Turbulent Energy Dissipation in the Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent by : William Robert Crawford
Download or read book Turbulent Energy Dissipation in the Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent written by William Robert Crawford. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free-fall oceanographic instrument has been used to measure vertical microstructure scale gradients of horizontal velocity, temperature and electrical conductivity. The velocity gradients, or shears, were measured at scales between 3 and 40 cm by an airfoil shear probe whose specifications and calibration procedure are discussed. Data collected in the equatorial Atlantic in July 1974 indicated a consistent pattern of turbulence near the velocity core of the Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent. (The velocity core is the region of maximum speed).
