Mixing by Tidal Interaction With Sloping Boundaries

Abstract

The interaction between tides and topography and mixing which can result have been examined through nonhydrostatic numerical simulation and compared with theoretical predictions and data from observations. Important results are (a) the generation of small-scale shears when internal tides reflect from topographic corrugations; (b) the breaking of internal waves at slopes near the critical angle for slopes of a wide variety of shapes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 2003
Accession Number
ADA412650

Entities

People

  • Sonya A. Legg

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Slopes
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Energy
  • Froude Number
  • Group Velocity
  • Internal Waves
  • Layers
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Simulations
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Structural Dynamics.