Flow Around Steep Topography

Abstract

Strong westward flow in the North Equatorial Current (NEC) encounters tall, steep, submarine topography and islands. During the Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) DRI, investigators will determine:Whether appreciable energy/momentum is lost from the large-scale NEC flow to smaller scales and through which processes?What limits numerical models/state estimates from making accurate statistical/deterministic predictions at <10 km resolution around submarine topography and islands? How can we improve them?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014384

Entities

People

  • S. Johnston

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coral Reefs
  • Deep Oceans
  • Doppler Sonar
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Frequency
  • Internal Waves
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Ridges
  • Students
  • Submarines
  • Topography
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Waves

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography