Four Russian Articles on Oceanic Turbulence, Current Variability, and Periodic Internal Waves in the Black Sea.
Abstract
Several recent Russian oceanographic contributions have been translated; they are germane to the topics of ocean dynamics, e.g., turbulence and internal waves. The article by R. V. Ozmidov on oceanic turbulence is one of the clearest discussions of the topic to date, and it also presents new quantitative results. The application of the theory of random function to ocean currents by B. N. Belyaev and U. S. Boldirev suggests avenues of approach to the prediction of ocean currents where a good statistical knowledge of the current field is available. The other articles give further theoretical and experimental considerations related to periodic motion in the sea. The intrinsic value of this material is twofold: it presents techniques and data. Its significance to underwater acoustic systems and research is obviously that some of the variability observed in acoustic transmission data may be attributed to motions of the medium, if this variability is to be understood, some knowledge of the medium variability must be achieved.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 1964
- Accession Number
- ADA072218
Entities
People
- C. N. K. Mooers
Organizations
- Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory