OCEAN-CURRENT MODELS USING POTENTIAL VORTICITY

Abstract

Two-layer and continuous models of the Gulf Stream and one-layer and continuous models of the Cromwell Current, respectively, are developed from theoretical considerations. Numerical results obtained from computer solutions of these models are compared with observed data and are found to show reasonably good agreement. The limitations of the modeling are set forth.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0408551

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Blandford

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundaries
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Experimental Data
  • Government Procurement
  • Graphs
  • Gulf Stream
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Integrals
  • Isotherms
  • Laser Peening
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Ocean Currents
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.