The goal of the FLEAT experiment, funded by ONR, was to investigate the effect of abrupt topography on ocean currents and the downstream structures. The study focused on the island chain of Palau in the western Pacific which sits in the paths of the North Equatorial Current and Counter-Current.
Matthew H. Alford, Bethan L. Wynne-Cattanach, Arnaud Le Boyer, Nicole Couto, Gunnar Voet, Carl P. Spingys, Bieito Fernandez Castro, Alex Forryan, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Hans van Haren
Journal of Physical Oceanography, in press
Measurements of Turbulence Generated by Wake Eddies Near a Steep Headland
Bethan L. Wynne-Cattanach, Matthew H. Alford, Jennifer A. MacKinnon, Gunnar Voet
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 127, 2022, pp. e2022JC018674