Surface and Internal Wave Processes in the Coastal Zone of an Atoll Island

Abstract

A long-term goal of the Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) experiment is to quantify the pathways of energy and momentum exchange from large-scale current systems, such as the North Equatorial Current (NEC), to smaller scales as flows encounter island and submarine topography characteristic of the western Pacific Ocean. We seek a better understanding of these processes to improve numerical simulations of mesoscale and finescale variability in the vicinity of steep and abruptly changing topographic features.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014401

Entities

People

  • Mark A. Merrifield

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Analysis
  • Deep Water
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Detectors
  • Flow
  • Frequency
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Remote Sensing
  • Topography
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography