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dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Shaun
dc.contributor.authorSchönau, Martha
dc.contributor.authorPaluszkiewicz, Terri
dc.contributor.authorMacKinnon, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorArbic, Brian
dc.contributor.authorColin, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorAlford, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorAndres, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorCenturioni, Luca
dc.contributor.authorGraber, Hans
dc.contributor.authorHelfrich, Karl
dc.contributor.authorHormann, Verena
dc.contributor.authorLermusiaux, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorMusgrave, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Brian
dc.contributor.authorQiu, Bo
dc.contributor.authorRudnick, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSimmons, Harper
dc.contributor.authorSt. Laurent, Louis
dc.contributor.authorTerrill, Eric
dc.contributor.authorTrossman, David
dc.contributor.authorVoet, Gunner
dc.contributor.authorWijesekera, Hemantha
dc.contributor.authorZeiden, Kristin
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-18T16:16:18Z
dc.date.available2020-08-18T16:16:18Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.identifier.issn1042-8275
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126645
dc.description.abstractUsing a combination of models and observations, the US Office of Naval Research Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) initiative examines how island chains and submerged ridges affect open ocean current systems, from the hundreds of kilometer scale of large current features to the millimeter scale of turbulence. FLEAT focuses on the western Pacific, mainly on equatorial currents that encounter steep topography near the island nation of Palau. Wake eddies and lee waves as small as 1 km were observed to form as these currents flowed around or over the steep topography. The direction and vertical structure of the incident flow varied over tidal, inertial, seasonal, and interannual timescales, with implications for downstream flow. Models incorporated tides and had grids with resolutions of hundreds of meters to enable predictions of flow transformations as waters encountered and passed around Palau’s islands. In addition to making scientific advances, FLEAT had a positive impact on the local Palauan community by bringing new technology to explore local waters, expanding the country’s scientific infrastructure, maintaining collaborations with Palauan partners, and conducting outreach activities aimed at elementary and high school students, US embassy personnel, and Palauan government officials.en_US
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Oceanography Societyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.407en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceOceanographyen_US
dc.titleFLEAT: A Multiscale Observational and Modeling Program to Understand How Topography Affects Flows in the Western North Pacificen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationJohnston, T. M. Shaun et al. "Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT): A multiscale observational and modeling program to understand how topography affects flows in the western North Pacific." Oceanography 32, 4 (December 2019): 10–21 © 2019 Oceanography Societyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.journalOceanographyen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2020-07-30T12:09:21Z
dspace.date.submission2020-07-30T12:09:25Z
mit.journal.volume32en_US
mit.journal.issue4en_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CC
mit.metadata.statusComplete


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