Lateral Mixing DRI: Turbulence-Resolving Simulations of Upper-Ocean Lateral Mixing

Abstract

The focus of modeling in this study is to quantify relationships between surface fluxes of heat, energy and momentum, the available baroclinic potential energy, the resultant vertical mixing and geostrophic imbalance, and the ensuing dependence of lateral mixing at successively larger scales on atmospheric forcing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA527251

Entities

People

  • Ramsey R. Harcourt

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Gulf Stream
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Potential Energy
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers