A comparison of modeled and observed ocean mixed layer behavior in a sea breeze influenced coastal region

dc.contributor.advisorWash, Carlyle H.
dc.contributor.advisorRosenfeld, Leslie R.
dc.contributor.authorCross, Patrick S.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
dc.contributor.departmentMeteorology
dc.contributor.departmentOceanography
dc.contributor.secondreaderGarwood, Roland W.
dc.dateDecember 1993
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-26T23:22:45Z
dc.date.available2014-03-26T23:22:45Z
dc.date.issued1993-12
dc.description.abstractA high temporal resolution data set from a mooring in Monterey Bay, California was analyzed and used to calculate heat and momentum fluxes for the purpose of forcing two ocean mixed layer models. The time frame for the study was September, 1992, a period representative of the sea breeze circulation frequently affecting this and other coastal regions. The models used were that of Price, Weller and Pinkel (1986), a Richardson number based mixing model, and Garwood (1977), a model based on the turbulent kinetic energy budget within the mixed layer. Both models were analyzed with respect to their ability to reproduce the observed diurnal variation of the temperature and depth of the mixed layer. Although the model predictions agree reasonably well with observations in regards to the phase of the diurnal temperature cycle, they were seen to underpredict its magnitude, particularly the nocturnal cooling. This lack of cooling in the models relative to the ocean could be due to penetrative convection, non-steady state turbulence, and/or diurnal advection present in the ocean but not in one or both models. Additionally, the models exhibited an upward temperature trend relative to the data which caused progressively increasing stratification. This trend was used to approximate the magnitude of vertical advective effects.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/acomparisonofmod1094539674
dc.format.extent113 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/39674
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis 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.authorMontereyen_US
dc.subject.authorMixed layeren_US
dc.subject.authorAir.seaen_US
dc.subject.authorSurface fluxen_US
dc.subject.authorDiurnalen_US
dc.subject.authorSea breezeen_US
dc.subject.authorHeat fluxen_US
dc.subject.authorWind stressen_US
dc.subject.authorCoastalen_US
dc.subject.authorCaliforniaen_US
dc.subject.authorModelingen_US
dc.titleA comparison of modeled and observed ocean mixed layer behavior in a sea breeze influenced coastal regionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplinePhysical Oceanographyen_US
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineMeteorologyen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Physical Oceanographyen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S. in Meteorologyen_US
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