An investigation of various parameters which may affect the mixed layer depth in the ocean.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jung, Glenn H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Elliott, Larry Roscoe. | |
| dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Oceanography | |
| dc.contributor.secondreader | Bourke, Robert H. | |
| dc.date | December 1973 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-13T23:51:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-13T23:51:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1973-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A theoretical model is developed for making computerized forecasts of mixed layer depth. An empirical equation relating significant wave height to layer depth is used to account for mechanical mixing. Heat exchange parameters are introduced into the model to produce convective mixing. The u and v components of surface current are used to investigate the effect of convergence and divergence. The layer depths forecast by the model are compared to actual layer depths and to the Fleet Numerical Weather Central layer depth analysis. | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/aninvestigationo1094516672 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/16672 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | ocean mixed layer depth | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | layer depth analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Oceanography | en_US |
| dc.title | An investigation of various parameters which may affect the mixed layer depth in the ocean. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Oceanography | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Oceanography | en_US |