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Optical satellite imagery detection of internal wave effects from a submerged turbulent outfall in the stratified ocean
Author(s) -
Keeler R. Norris,
Bondur Valery G.,
Gibson Carl H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2005gl022390
Subject(s) - internal wave , turbulence , geology , satellite , stratified flow , brightness , mixing (physics) , oceanography , stratified flows , outfall , vertical mixing , meteorology , environmental science , geophysics , remote sensing , physics , optics , environmental engineering , quantum mechanics , astronomy
Sea surface brightness anomalies caused by a municipal wastewater discharge are detected from space in areas much larger than their submerged turbulence source. The mechanism involves a complex interaction between currents, topography, tides, vertical and horizontal mixing, internal waves and stratified turbulence.