Low-Frequency Variability and Cross-Front Exchange Processes at Shelf-Break Fronts

Abstract : LONG-TERM GOAL. The long-term goal of this project is to understand the physical processes that control the low-frequency variability of and exchange of water masses, properties, and materials across shelf-break fronts. OBJECTIVE. The near-term objectives are to gain fundamental insights into the role of mixed baroclinic / barotropic instabilities and the bottom boundary layer in the evolution of the shelf-break front density structure, eddy formations, and cross-front exchange.