  During fall periods in 2002, 2003 and 2004 three major oceanographic
expeditions were carried out in Mamala Bay, Hawaii. These were part of the RASP
Remote Anthropogenic Sensing Program. Ikonos and Quickbird optical satellite
images of sea surface glint revealed ~100 m spectral anomalies in km^2
averaging patches in regions leading from the Honolulu Sand Island Municipal
Outfall diffuser to distances up to 20 km. To determine the mechanisms behind
this phenomenon, the RASP expeditions monitored the waters adjacent to the
outfall with an array of hydrographic, optical and turbulence microstructure
sensors in anomaly and ambient background regions. Drogue tracks and mean
turbulence parameters for 2x10^4 microstructure patches were analyzed to
understand complex turbulence, fossil turbulence and zombie turbulence
near-vertical internal wave transport processes. The dominant mechanism appears
to be generic to stratified natural fluids including planet and star
atmospheres and is termed beamed zombie turbulence maser action (BZTMA). Most
of the bottom turbulent kinetic energy is converted to ~100 m fossil turbulence
waves. These activate secondary (zombie) turbulence in outfall fossil
turbulence patches that transmit heat, mass, chemical species, momentum and
information vertically to the sea surface for detection in an efficient maser
action. The transport is beamed in intermittent mixing chimneys.

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