A5022696195- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Marine and fisheries research
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Climate variability and models
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2024
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
2006-2010
Abstract The South Equatorial Current (SEC) entering the Coral Sea through gap between New Caledonia and Solomon Islands was observed by an autonomous underwater vehicle (Spray glider) overlapping oceanographic cruise during July–October 2005. measurements of temperature, salinity, absolute velocity included high-horizontal-resolution profiles to 600-m depth glider, sparser, 2000-m-deep from cruise. These observations confirm splitting SEC into a North Vanuatu Jet (NVJ) Caledonian (NCJ),...
Zonal jets west of the large islands South Pacific Ocean are predicted by theory, commonly seen in ocean models with sufficiently high resolution, and beginning to be observed. These often taken reflect blocking effect Equatorial Current through “Island Rule” dynamics. Here it is shown that quasi‐permanent structures basin‐wide wind field imply existence formed independently islands. Evidence for wind‐driven found climatological geostrophic currents. The hydrographic produce occur well below...
Abstract The Solomon Sea is a major contributor to (a) the volume transport into Equatorial Undercurrent and (b) associated heat transport, which has an order one effect on interannual temperature variability equator according previous work. narrow western boundary current (New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent, NGCU) merges with broad, shallow North Vanuatu Jet within 100 km of southern entry sea, implies mixing. Existing estimates from observations suggest mixing larger than in models different...