WIND MIXING CURRENTS

Abstract

A discussion shows that a wind system may create an ocean current by differential mixing in a 2-layer ocean; such a current may be imposed on other currents due to the wind through effects of stress, piling up of water, and mass transport by waves. In one situation studied, the wind mixing current was 10 to 20% of the net transport by the wind stress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1953
Accession Number
AD0020452

Entities

People

  • John C. Freeman Jr.

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • California
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Cold Water
  • Geography
  • Geostrophic Currents
  • Layers
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Regions
  • Stations
  • Universities
  • Wind Stress

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.