Quantifying Turbulence in the Coastal Environment

Abstract

The long-term objective of our research is to quantify the structure of turbulence in fluvial and estuarine environments, in order to develop remote-sensing tools for environmental assessment as well as to improve numerical simulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 05, 2008
Accession Number
ADA487175

Entities

People

  • John Trowbridge
  • Wayne Rockwell Geyer

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Reynolds Number
  • Simulations
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography