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NASA NTRS1984

Temporal and Spatial Scales of Labrador Sea Water Formation

Labrador Sea Water is an intermediate water found at the same density and depth range in the North Atlantic as the Mediterranean water. It is formed by convection from the sea surface to depths greather than 2 km in winter in the Western Labrador Sea. The processes leading to deep convection begin with the formation of a 200 km scale cyclonic circulation about denser than average upper layer water in the Western Labrador Sea. This circulation pattern is hypothesized to be driven by an ocean/atmosphere heat exchange that has its maximum in this region. By early March, if deep convection is taking place, one sees that this body of denser upper waters penetrates to the top of the deep temperature/salinity maximum marking the core of the North Atlantic Deep Water. We note that the horizontal scale of this body is still 100-200 km normal to the coastline.

Clarke, R. A.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Leaching behavior of microtektite glass compositions in sea water and the effect of precipitation on glass leaching

The present study attempts to account for the slow corrosion rates of microtektite glass in nature by comparing the leach rates of synthetic microtektite glass samples in deionized water and in sea-water, respectively. In order to obtain systematic data about leachant composition effects, leach tests were also carried out with synthetic leachant compositions enriched with respect to silica or depleted with respect to certain major components of sea-water (Mg, Ca).

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NASA NTRS2011

Remote Sensing of Salinity: The Dielectric Constant of Sea Water

Global monitoring of sea surface salinity from space requires an accurate model for the dielectric constant of sea water as a function of salinity and temperature to characterize the emissivity of the surface. Measurements are being made at 1.413 GHz, the center frequency of the Aquarius radiometers, using a resonant cavity and the perturbation method. The cavity is operated in a transmission mode and immersed in a liquid bath to control temperature. Multiple measurements are made at each temperature and salinity. Error budgets indicate a relative accuracy for both real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant of about 1%.

LeVine, David M.↗
NASA NTRS1985

Analytical calculation of muon intensities under deep sea-water

The study of the energy loss of high energy muons through different materials, such as rock and sea-water can cast light on characteristics of lepton interactions. There are less ambiguities for the values of atomic number (Z) and mass number (A) in sea-water than in rock. Muon intensities should be measured as fundamental data and as background data for searching the fluxes of neutrino. The average range energy relation in sea-water is derived. The correction factors due to the range fluctuation is also computed. By applying these results, the intensities deep under sea are converted from a given muon energy spectra at sea-level. The spectra of conventional muons from eta, K decays have sec theta enhancement. The spectrum of prompt muons from charmed particles is almost isotropic. The effect of prompt muons is examined.

Inazawa, H.↗
NASA NTRS2022

Status of the Dielectric Constant of Sea Water at L-Band for Remote Sensing of Salinity

The model expressing the dielectric constant of sea water at microwave frequencies as a function of salinity and temperature is an important element in remote sensing of sea surface salinity. It is also important independently as a description of the physical properties of salt water. A major milestone was the development in the late 1970s by Klein and Swift of a model based on laboratory measurements at L- and S-band and a functional form supported by theory for polar molecules and previous work on freshwater. Much of the subsequent work has focused on measurements at higher frequency and determining model parameters tuned to apply for applications, such as remote sensing of sea surface temperature (SST). Interest in the dielectric constant at 1.4 GHz (L-band) increased again with the development of soil moisture ocean salinity (SMOS) and Aquarius to measure salinity from space, but there have been few new measurements at L-band and often confusion regarding the applicability of new models at 1.4 GHz. The objective of this article is to compare available models in the context of how well they represent the dielectric constant of sea water at 1.4 GHz. Among the criteria applied will be the recent measurements at the George Washington University of the dielectric constant at 1.4 GHz

Microwave Remote Sensing↗
NASA NTRS1969

Discrimination of fish oil and mineral oil slicks on sea water

Fish oil and mineral oil slicks on sea water can be discriminated by their different spreading characteristics and by their reflectivities and color variations over a range of wavelengths. Reflectivities of oil and oil films are determined using a duel beam reflectance apparatus.

Mac Dowall, J.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Synthetic sea water - An improved stress corrosion test medium for aluminum alloys

A major problem in evaluating the stress corrosion cracking resistance of aluminum alloys by alternate immersion in 3.5 percent salt (NaCl) water is excessive pitting corrosion. Several methods were examined to eliminate this problem and to find an improved accelerated test medium. These included the addition of chromate inhibitors, surface treatment of specimens, and immersion in synthetic sea water. The results indicate that alternate immersion in synthetic sea water is a very promising stress corrosion test medium. Neither chromate inhibitors nor surface treatment (anodize and alodine) of the aluminum specimens improved the performance of alternate immersion in 3.5 percent salt water sufficiently to be classified as an effective stress corrosion test method.

Humphries, T. S.↗
NASA NTRS1972

Dipole receiver characteristics in the presence of sea water

The receive properties for a dipole in the presence of sea water were obtained by solving integral equations for currents along the unloaded dipole and its image. For dipoles of 0.1 wavelength or higher above the sea surface, the performance resembled that of a dipole over a perfectly conducting plane; for dipoles within 0.1 wavelength above the sea surface, the relative gain dropped in about the same proportion as the relative reduction in the strength of the resultant electric field. An insulated wavelength/2 dipole with a conjugate load matched in free space had a relative power gain of 17 db below isotropic at the sea surface.

Kao, P. S.↗
NASA NTRS2023

The Dielectric Constant of Sea Water and Extension to High Salinity

Accurate knowledge of the dielectric constant of sea water is important for remote sensing of surface parameters such as sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface salinity (SSS). The advent of sensors in space, SMOS [1], Aquarius [2] and SMAP [3] capable of measuring SSS motivated modern measurements [4,5] and modelling [5,6] of the dielectric constant at L-band (1.4 GHz). In the past, the range of salinity included in the data used to create these models has been restricted to values typically encountered in the open ocean (e.g., less than 40 psu). However, there are many smaller water bodies with much higher salinity. Notable examples are the Great Salt Lake in Utah with salinity on the order of 180 psu and Garabogazköl lagoon in Turkmenistan with even higher salinity. Unfortunately, existing models for the dielectric constant can’t necessarily just be extended to higher values of salinity. The problem is that the polynomials in salinity and temperature used to represent the unknown parameters in the models are not constrained outside the range of SSS and SST used to determine their coefficients. While the models for the dielectric constant may be very good within that range, outside that range they can lead to unrealistic behavior. Research is underway to develop a model that represents the dielectric constant well over the ocean and behaves well at high salinity. In preparation for possible wideband remote sensing of salinity [7,8 ,9], the laboratory measurements made at 1.413 GHz [4,5] are being repeated at 0.707 GHz (P-band) and the plan is to include values of high salinity (50, 100, 150 psu).

D.M. Le Vine↗
NASA NTRS2019

Local and Downstream Relationships Between Labrador Sea Water Volume and North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability

While it has generally been understood that the production of Labrador Sea Water (LSW) impacts the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC), this relationship has not been explored extensively nor validated against observations. To explore this relationship, a suite of global ocean and ocean–sea-ice models forced by the same interannually-varying atmospheric dataset, varying in resolution from non-eddy permitting to eddy-permitting (1°–1/4°), is analyzed to investigate the local and downstream relationships between LSW formation and the MOC on interannual to decadal time scales. While all models display a strong relationship between changes in the LSW volume and the MOC in the Labrador Sea, this relationship degrades considerably downstream of the Labrador Sea. In particular, there is no consistent pattern among the models in the North Atlantic subtropical basin over interannual to decadal time scales. Furthermore, the strong response of the MOC in the Labrador Sea to LSW volume changes in that basin may be biased by the overproduction of LSW in many models compared to observations. This analysis shows that changes in LSW volume in the Labrador Sea cannot be clearly and consistently linked to a coherent MOC response across latitudes over interannual to decadal time scales in ocean hindcast simulations of the last half-century. Similarly, no coherent relationships are identified between the MOC and the Labrador Sea mixed layer depth or the density of newly formed LSW across latitudes or across models over interannual to decadal time scales.

Feili Li↗
NASA NTRS1977

An improved model for the dielectric constant of sea water at microwave frequencies

The advent of precision microwave radiometry has placed a stringent requirement on the accuracy with which the dielectric constant of sea water must be known. To this end, measurements of the dielectric constant have been conducted at S-band and L-band with a quoted uncertainty of tenths of a percent. These and earlier results are critically examined, and expressions are developed which will yield computations of brightness temperature having an error of no more than 0.3 K for an undisturbed sea at frequencies lower than X-band. At the higher microwave and millimeter wave frequencies, the accuracy is in question because of uncertainties in the relaxation time and the dielectric constant at infinite frequency.

Klein, L. A.↗
NASA NTRS1978

Work Capability and physiological effects predictive studies. 4: In He-O2 excursions to pressures of 400- 800- 1200- and 1600 feet of sea water

Experiments which exposed men in chambers, breathing helium with oxygen, to progressive increases of pressure equivalent to 400-800-1200-1600 feet of sea water (fsw) were conducted. Rates of compression and exposure to stable high pressure. Goals included: 1) determination of the specific character and time course of onset of physiological and performance decrements during the intentionally rapid compressions, and determination of rates of adaptation on reaching stable elevated pressure; 2) investigation of accelerated methods for decompression in deep saturation excursion diving; and 3) determination of competence in practical work performed in water at pressures equivalent to the extreme diving depths of 1200 and 1600 fsw.

Lambertsen, C. J.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Radiative transfer modeling applied to sea water constituent determination

Optical radiation from the sea is influenced by pigments dissolved in the water and contained in discrete organisms suspended in the sea, and by pigmented and unpigmented inorganic and organic particles. The problem of extracting the information concerning these pigments and particulates from the optical properties of the sea is addressed and the properties which determine characteristics of the radiation that a remote sensor will detect and measure are considered. The results of the application of the volume scattering function model to the data collected in the Gulf of Mexico and its environs indicate that the size distribution of the concentrations of particles found in the sea can be predicted from measurements of the volume scattering function. Furthermore, with the volume scattering function model and knowledge of the absorption spectra of dissolved pigments, the radiative transfer model can compute a distribution of particle sizes and indices of refraction and concentration of dissolved pigments that give an upwelling light spectrum that closely matches measurements of that spectrum at sea.

Faller, K. H.↗
NASA NTRS1982

Size distribution of oceanic air bubbles entrained in sea-water by wave-breaking

The size of oceanic air bubbles produced by whitecaps and wave-breaking is determined. The production of liquid aerosols at the sea surface is predicted. These liquid aerosols are at the origin of most of the particulate materials exchanged between the ocean and the atmosphere. A prototype was designed and built using an optical technique based on the principle of light scattering at an angle of ninety degrees from the incident light beam. The output voltage is a direct function of the bubble diameter. Calibration of the probe was carried out within a range of 300 microns to 1.2 mm. Bubbles produced by wave-breaking in a large air-sea interaction simulating facility. Experimental results are given in the form of size spectrum.

Resch, F.↗
NASA NTRS1992

Examination of the physical, electrical, and microwave evolution of sea water into young ice

Knowledge of the relationships between ice thickness, its temperature profile, the distribution of salinity, the dielectric property profile, and roughness of the air-ice interface is important to the understanding of the backscatter response of new and young sea ice. Backscatter, physical property, and electrical property measurements made in the laboratory during the first 120 h of growth aid in describing the evolution of first-year ice, in this case open water to gray ice (14.5 cm thick). Results on the evolution response for the case when the ambient air temperature is about -15 C are given, providing insight into the effects of upper ice sheet temperatures, the accompanying dielectric constant response, and the collection of brine and free water at the air-ice interface on the backscatter response.

Onstott, Robert G.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Measurements of the dielectric properties of sea water at 1.43 GHz

Salinity and temperature of water surfaces of estuaries and bay regions are determined to accuracies of 1 ppt salinity and 0.3 kelvin surface temperature. L-band and S-band radiometers are used in combination as brightness temperature detectors. The determination of the brightness temperature versus salinity, with the water surface temperature as a parameter for 1.4 GHz, is performed with a capillary tube inserted into a resonance cavity. Detailed analysis of the results indicates that the measured values are accurate to better than 0.2 percent in the electric property epsilon' and 0.4 percent in epsilon''. The calculated brightness temperature as a function of temperature and salinity is better than 0.2 kelvin. Thus it is possible to reduce the measured data obtained with the two-frequency radiometer system with 1 ppt accuracy to values in the salinity range 5 to 40 ppt.

Ho, W. W.↗