Analysis and Simulation of Wind-Driven Currents during the Mixed Layer Experiment (MILE).

Abstract

The wind stress calculated from wind velocities measured during the Mixed Layer Experiment (MILE) was used as input to a one-dimensional wind-drive current model. These model results are compared with observed currents for the MILE-1 bouy, showing a qualitative agreement. MILE was an examination of the upper ocean carried out near Ocean Weather Station Papa during a 20-day period, August and September of 1977, which was characterized by two major wind events. The observed currents have been analyzed to obtain information about their behaviour that could be used in the tuning of the model. for a simulation of the entire period the results are considered only satisfactory. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102663

Entities

People

  • Jose M. Fernandez Lopez

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Boundary Layer
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Power Spectra
  • Simulations
  • Stations
  • Stresses
  • Weather Stations
  • Wind
  • Wind Stress
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers