ICTS:30268

Video URL

Passive tracer dispersion in the ocean

Passive tracer dispersion in the ocean

(2024). Passive tracer dispersion in the ocean. SciVideos. https://youtube.com/live/NYYs9_SaEW4

Passive tracer dispersion in the ocean. SciVideos, Nov. 12, 2024, https://youtube.com/live/NYYs9_SaEW4 

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            year = {2024},
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Jim Thomas
Talk numberICTS:30268
Source RepositoryICTS-TIFR
Source EventClimate Dynamics and Networks
Collection

Abstract

Oceanic flows stir and mix tracers such heat, salt, carbon, and plankton and understanding the details of the tracer dispersion is key to developing effective parameterizations for large climate-scale models. Unfortunately, the flow structure in the ocean is highly variable as a function of spatial scales. For instance O(100 km) mesoscale flows are significantly different from O(10 km) submesoscale flows. In this talk I'll use results from a recent study to explain how tracer dispersion characteristics change as we move from large mesoscales to small submesoscales in the oceans.