Red Sea Outflow Experiment

Project Summary co-PIs: Amy Bower and Dave Fratantoni (WHOI) Bill Johns and Hartmut Peters (RSMAS) The Red Sea Outflow Experiment (REDSOX) is a joint effort between the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and WHOI. The purpose of the program is to conduct measurements of the outflow of high salinity water from the Red Sea and its mixing with ambient waters in the Gulf of Aden. The main objectives of REDSOX are: 1) to describe the pathways and downstream evolution of the descending outflow plumes of Red Sea Water in the western Gulf of Aden, 2) to quantify the process that controls the final depth of the equilibrated Red Sea Outflow Water, and 3) to identify the transport processes and mechanisms that advect Red Sea Outflow Water and its properties through the Gulf of Aden and into the Indian Ocean. The program is funded by NSF.

Manuscripts text figs Bower, A. S., W. E. Johns, D. M. Fratantoni, and H. Peters, 2005. Equilibration and circulation of Red Sea Outflow Water in the western Gulf of Aden. Journal of Physical Oceanography, in press. Peters, H., W. E. Johns, A. S. Bower, and D. Fratantoni, 2005. Mixing and entrainment in the Red Sea Outflow Plume: I. Plume Structure. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 569-583. Bower, A. S., D. M. Fratantoni, W. E. Johns, and H. Peters, 2002. Gulf of Aden eddies and their impact on Red Sea Water. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(21), 10.1029/2002GL015342.

Poster (17.5MB) Bower, A. S., W. E. Johns, H. Peters, and D. M. Fratantoni, 2003. Red Sea Outflow Experiment (REDSOX): Descent and initial spreading of Red Sea Water in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Presented at EGS, March 2003.

Technical and Cruise Reports (17.5MB) H. Furey, A. Bower, and D. Fratantoni, 2005. Red Sea Outflow Experiment (REDSOX): DLD2 RAFOS Float Data Report, February 2001 - March 2003. WHOI Tech. Report WHOI-2005-01. Johns, W. E., H. Peters, R. Zantopp, A. Bower, and D. Fratantoni, 2001. CTD/O2 Measurements collected aboard the R/V Knorr , February-March 2001: REDSOX-1. Univ. of Miami Tech. Report 2001-01. Cruise Report: Red Sea Outflow Experiment - REDSOX 1. R/V Knorr Cruises KN-162-10 and KN-162-11, February 5 to March 15, 2001. Cruise Report: Red Sea Outflow Experiment - REDSOX 2. R/V Maurice Ewing Cruise EW-110, August 21 to September 12, 2001.

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