THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS ON OUR EARLIER WORK (SUPPORTED BY THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM) SEARCHING FOR AND ANALYZING THE SIGNATURES OF TIDAL MIXING IN HIGH-RESOLUTION SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA. THE CLEAREST SIGNATURE USUALLY ARISES AS A PRONOUNCED SPRING-NEAP TIDAL SIGNAL IN LONG TIME SERIES OF SST DATA. STRONG SPRING-TIDE CURRENTS INDUCE GREATER MIXING THEREBY SLIGHTLY LOWERING SST AS COLD SUBSURFACE WATER TO BROUGHT NEARER THE SURFACE. OUR PREVIOUS WORK CONCENTRATED ON THE INDONESIAN SEAS WHERE WE SHOWED THAT A WELL-KNOWN AND HIGHLY CITED 1996 PAPER BY FFIELD&GORDON GIVES -- OWING TO INADEQUACIES OF SST DATA AVAILABLE TO THEM -- A RATHER MISLEADING PICTURE OF THE TIDAL MIXING IN THAT REGION.

University Of Maryland, College Park, College Park MD

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