Primary Recipient

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Amount

$146,896.00

Award Date

5/26/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Langmuir circulation (LC) in the upper ocean mixed layer (UOML) is a feature most familiarly observed as linear stripes or sea surface streaks approximately parallel to the wind direction. These result from helical (ovoid) water cells rotating clockwise a