The Effect of Langmuir Turbulence in Upper Ocean Mixing

Abstract

The goal of this project is to understand the effect of Langmuir turbulence (LT) in upper ocean mixing within a broad parameter space and during complex oceanic conditions through extensive ocean, wave, and Large Eddy Simulation (LES) modeling studies. The results from this project will provide a greater understanding of the generation, growth and decay of the LT, how it is affected by the mesoscale and sub mesoscale structures and its impact on vertical and horizontal momentum and heat fluxes within the ocean on larger scales.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 2018
Accession Number
AD1058585

Entities

People

  • E. Rogers
  • Tommy G. Jensen
  • Yingying Fan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Availability
  • Bays
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Delaware
  • Delaware Bay
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Executives
  • Governments
  • Heat Flux
  • Infrastructure
  • Instructions
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Moisture
  • Momentum
  • Monitoring
  • National Governments
  • Observation
  • Salinity
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Transportation
  • Transportation Infrastructure
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Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space