An Integrated Modeling and Observational Study of Three-Dimensional Upper Ocean Boundary Layer Dynamics and Parameterizations

Abstract

Existing high resolution regional models typically resolve the mean vertical structure of the upper ocean boundary layer. Physically-based parameterizations of vertical fluxes make it possible to account for subgrid mixing at length scales smaller than the layer depth, but no specialized parameterization is used to represent the dynamics of horizontal mixing below the O(1)km - O(10)km resolution scale.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA533592

Entities

People

  • Eric A. D'Asaro

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Tracking
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Doppler Sonar
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Regions
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers