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ウェッデル海で漂流するパック氷の下での乱雑な混合は,ウェッデル海で漂流するパック氷の下での乱雑な混合です
まとめ
高緯度の空気と海の相互作用は,深海の循環を駆動する. ウェッデル-1氷河基地からの測定は,冬の嵐の間に上部海洋の熱とモメンタル交換を制御する重要なプロセスを明らかにしました.
科学分野:
- 海洋学 海洋学とは
- 気候科学 気候科学
- 大気科学 大気科学
背景:
- 高緯度の空気・海・氷の相互作用は,深海の循環と気候システムの通信に不可欠です.
- 地表近くの交換プロセス (熱,塩,モメンタム) を理解することは,海洋気候モデリングに不可欠です.
- 西部のウェッデル海は,これらの空気-海-氷の相互作用を研究するための重要な地域です.
研究 の 目的:
- 上部海洋における乱流の熱流とレイノルズストレスを直接測定する.
- 冬の条件下における海洋境界層の動態を分析する.
- 海洋混合層プロセスのモデルを検証する.
主な方法:
- 米国とロシアの氷河ステーションのウェッデル-1を利用して,現場での測定を行いました.
- 1992年にウェッデル海西部の嵐で収集したデータです.
- 分析されたエクマン・スパイラル,熱流,温度梯度,渦巻き粘度,および渦巻長さのスケール.
主要な成果:
- 速度と乱流のストレスでよく形成されたエクマン・スパイラルを観測した.
- 混合層の熱流と温度グラデーションの間の高い相関が発見されました.
- 類似の渦の粘度および熱拡散率 (約. 0.02 m2/s) である.
- 垂直速度スペクトルのピーク波長に比例する乱流の長さスケールを特定しました.
結論:
- 測定結果は,渦の粘度が境界張力に比例し,コリオリスパラメータで割ったモデルをサポートしています.
- この発見は,高緯度地域における海洋境界層物理学の理解を深める.
- データは,空気-海-氷の相互作用のパラメータ化を精錬することによって,気候モデルの改善に貢献します.
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