Clayton M. Jones - Storming Media

Shearmeter Floats in the Area of the WHOI Brazil Basin Tracer Release Experiment: Technical and Oceanographic Data

JAN 2002

Authors: Timothy F. Duda; Brian J. Guest; Christine M. Wooding; Clayton M. Jones; Scott Lelievre; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA

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Six drifting floats designed to measure shear were deployed in the vicinity of the Brazil Basin Tracer Release Experiment. The one-year long time series of oceanographic conditions obtained by the floats are for direct comparison with long-term tracer dispersion. The purpose of the tracer dispersion experiment was to study mixing of Antarctic Bottom Water at approximately 4000 m depth with less dense water above. Two of the floats returned shear ...