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Back Collaborative Research: Studies of the Influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current on the Atlantic Meridional Circulation

Fiscal Year 2007
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Oceanography
Investigator(s) Radko, Timour
Sponsor National Science Foundation (NSF)
Summary Conduct numerical simulations of the oceanic thermohaline circulation in the mid-latitude Atlantic and in the Antarctic circumpolar current. The main goal of this modeling effort is to explain the role of the mesoscale variability in the dynamic connection of these two regions. Properties of the ocean thermal fronts and eddies determine the Undersea Warfare (USW) tactics in the areas of high mesoscale activity, and therefore our efforts to predict its distribution and strength are directly related to the Navy research interests in general and to the interests of the oceanography department of NPS in particular.
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