DETERMINATION OF LAGRANGIAN DEFORMATIONS FROM ANALYSIS OF CURRENT FOLLOWERS.

Abstract

METHODS ARE PRESENTED TO DETERMINE LAGRANGIAN DEFORMATIONS AND TURBULENCE STATISTICS FROM CURRENT FOLLOWERS (DROGUES, NEUTRALLY BUOYANT FLOATS, ETC.).SUCH DETERMINATIONS ALLOW GENERAL ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS SUCH AS IN OKUBO TO BE DIRECTLY EVALUATED.METHODS ARE ALSO PRESENTED TO TRANSFORM THESE DEFORMATIONS INTO OCEANIC VELOCITY GRADIENTS.(A)