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Bioluminescence Flow Visualization in the Ocean: An Initial Strategy Based on Laboratory Experiments

Authors: Jim Rohr; Mark Hyman; Stewart Fallon; Michael I. Latz; SCRIPPS INST OF OCEANOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CA ATOC PROJECT OFFICE
Abstract:
Observations of flow-stimulated bioluminescence have been recorded for centuries throughout the world's oceans. The present study explores, within a laboratory context, the use of naturally occurring bioluminescence as a strategy towards visualizing oceanic flow fields. The response of luminescent plankton to quantifiable levels of flow agitation was investigated in fully developed pipe flow. With two different pipe flow apparatus and freshly collected mixed plankton samples obtained over a year at two separate locations, several repeatable response patterns

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Journal article
Pages: 26
Report Date: 2002
Report Number: A748554
Keywords relating to this report:
*BIOLUMINESCENCE
*FLOW VISUALIZATION
*SIMULATION
*WAKE
DISSIPATION
ENERGETIC PROPERTIES
ENERGY
FLASHES
FLOW
FLOW FIELDS
FLOW RATE
LABORATORIES
LABORATORY TESTS
LAMINAR FLOW
LENGTH
LEVEL_QUANTITY_
LUMINESCENCE
MASS
MEAN
MEASUREMENT
MIXING
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
OCEANS
PATTERNS
PIPE FLOW
PLANKTON
REPRINTS
REPRODUCIBILITY
RESPONSE
SAMPLING
SCALE
SHEAR STRESSES
SHIPS
STIMULI
THRESHOLD EFFECTS
TURBULENCE
TURBULENT FLOW
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