OSMOSIS
Lead Research Organisation:
Bangor University
Department Name: Sch of Ocean Sciences
Abstract
Detailed in the Lead Organization (University of Reading) proposal.
Organisations
Publications
Brannigan L
(2013)
Shear at the Base of the Oceanic Mixed Layer Generated by Wind Shear Alignment
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Buckingham C
(2019)
The Contribution of Surface and Submesoscale Processes to Turbulence in the Open Ocean Surface Boundary Layer
in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Evans D
(2018)
Annual Cycle of Turbulent Dissipation Estimated from Seagliders
in Geophysical Research Letters
Lucas N
(2019)
Evolution of Oceanic Near-Surface Stratification in Response to an Autumn Storm
in Journal of Physical Oceanography
Rippeth T
(2014)
Measuring Turbulent Dissipation Using a Tethered ADCP
in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Rumyantseva A
(2015)
Ocean nutrient pathways associated with the passage of a storm
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Scannell B
(2017)
Correcting Surface Wave Bias in Structure Function Estimates of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate
in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Simpson J
(2014)
Dissipation and mixing during the onset of stratification in a temperate lake, W indermere
in Limnology and Oceanography
| Description | Novel glider measurements of the surface mixed layer of the ocean which have led to the development of an improved parameterisation of surface mixed layer processes in the open ocean. A novel acoustic methodology for the measurement of turbulence timeseries from a moored instrument has been developed for use in the open ocean and has been applied to collect seasonal timeseries for the first time. These new measurements reveal that submeasoscale processes are not particularly important in the ocean surface mixed layer, away from strong lateral gradients, in the winter. |
| Exploitation Route | to test model parameterisations of the ocean surface mixed layer. The new ADCP method for measuring turbulence from mooring in generally applicable anywhere in the ocean. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Environment |
| Description | Yes. The new parameterisation for the evolution for the surface mixed layer of the ocean developed in this project is being implemented in Weather/ climate prediction models by the Met Office. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Title | Estimates of the rate of dissipation of turbulent kinetic using the ADCP structure function technique from an instrument suspended from a mooring |
| Description | A technique orginally developed in Bangor for measuring turbulence timeseries using (relatively inexpensive) off-the-shelf instrumentation fixed on the sea bed has now been successfully extended to (i) low energy environments (from a buoy suspended on a mooring line. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2007 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Now widely used by the marine renewables industry in site investigation and appraisal. |
| Description | Presentation of OSMOSIS observations to Challenger Soc UK Marine Science Conference by Natasha Lucas. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Conference presentaiton of new turbulence glider results. none |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Visit to Uk Met Office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | 2 seminars which were followed by discussion specifically focused on understanding which ocean processes need to be included/ better parameterised in weather/ climate forecast models. further discussion/ collaborations planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |