Buoyant Outflows in the Presence of Complex Topography

Abstract

The overall goals are closely linked to several ancillary projects. The long term scientific goals are to (a) understand the physical mechanisms that control the exchange between two marginal seas with substantially different water mass characteristics (Aegean Sea and Black Sea) through a complex system of straits (Turkish Straits System); (b) quantify the pathways of the buoyant outflow and evaluate the influence on the dynamics of the receiving coastal areas, as well as on the Mediterranean Sea at large. The long term operational goal is to develop a high resolution numerical model of the Northern Aegean Sea, nested within a coarser Mediterranean Sea model and coupled to a high resolution, unstructured grid model of the Turkish Straits system, which in itself will be coupled to a Black Sea model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA534082

Entities

People

  • Vassiliki H. Kourafalou

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aegean Sea
  • Black Sea
  • Complex Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamics
  • Grids
  • High Resolution
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Models
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sea Water
  • Topography
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Oceanography.