Rotating Exchange Flow

Abstract

Flow through ocean straits and channels helps set the water mass properties of the larger basins at each end. The long term goal of this research is an understanding of the roles that rotation and friction play in the transport and water mass mixing of flows through oceanic straits, channels and canyons. The influence of planetary rotation on exchange flow is studied. The Coriolis force and either boundary friction or interfacial friction (for the case of layered exchange flows) drive cross channel secondary circulations. The short term goals of this study are to understand the dynamics of these circulations and especially their influence on interfacial mixing in and transport through straits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA357619

Entities

People

  • Daniel R. Ohlsen
  • John E. Hart

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Colorado
  • Dyes
  • Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Friction
  • Indicator Dyes
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Rotation
  • Transport Ships
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Masses

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers