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Evolution of Staircase Structures in Diffusive Convection
Published on: September 5, 2018
まとめ
メソスケールのバロクリニック渦がハワイの北東に検出され,大規模な海流の影響を受けた西向きの漂流を示した. この研究は,太平洋に彼らの存在を確認しています.
科学分野:
- 海洋学 海洋学とは
- 流体力学 流体力学とは
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
背景:
- 太平洋の貿易風地域からの地下気温データは,平均状態からの大きな偏差を示しています.
- これらの波動は,約480キロメートルの帯域波長を示します.
研究 の 目的:
- 太平洋のメソスケールバロクリニック渦を特定し,特徴づけること.
- これらの渦の漂流速度を決定し,それらの動きに対する大規模な流れの影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- 地下温度測定の分析. 地下温度測定の分析. 地下温度測定の分析. 地下温度測定の分析. 地下温度測定の分析. 地下温度測定の分析.
- 渦の漂流速度を計算し,大規模なバロクリニックフローと比較.
主要な成果:
- メソスケール・バロクリニック・渦は,西向きに 4.7 +/- 2.0 cm/s で漂流していることが確認されました.
- 200mの深さ (1.5 +/- 0.7cm/s西方向) での大規模なバロクリニックの流れは,渦の漂流速度に匹敵します.
- これは,渦の動きに大規模な流れが有意な影響を及ぼすことを示唆している.
結論:
- 太平洋におけるメソスケール渦の存在が確認された.
- エディ・ドリフトは,周囲の大規模な海流の影響を受けます.
- 発見により,太平洋における海洋動態に関する知識が拡大される.
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