Acoustic detection of thermohaline staircases in the ocean and laboratory

Low frequency seismic reflection profiling has recently been used to reveal the interior thermohaline fine structure of the ocean, including intrusions, water mass boundaries and internal waves (Holbrook, 2003; 2004; 2005). Limited in-situ property profiles have confirmed that intensified fine-scale...

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Published inProceedings of OCEANS 2005 MTS/IEEE pp. 1052 - 1055 Vol. 2
Main Authors Schmitt, R.W., Nandi, P., Ross, T., Lavery, A., Holbrook, W.S.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Acoustic reflection
Acoustic signal detection
Displays
Fingers
Frequency
Geology
Geophysics
Laboratories
Ocean temperature
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Summary:Low frequency seismic reflection profiling has recently been used to reveal the interior thermohaline fine structure of the ocean, including intrusions, water mass boundaries and internal waves (Holbrook, 2003; 2004; 2005). Limited in-situ property profiles have confirmed that intensified fine-scale gradients of temperature and salinity are the source of the reflectors. Here we suggest that double-diffusive thermohaline staircases can also be imaged using low frequency ocean data and high frequency laboratory data
ISBN:0933957343
9780933957343
ISSN:0197-7385
DOI:10.1109/OCEANS.2005.1639893