Particle Size Distribution and Settling Velocities in Coastal Mixing and Optics Program

Abstract

My long-term goal is to characterize particle dynamics in a fundamental way, through the use of new instruments that are firmly grounded in physics and that produce data not previously available. The data are needed by modelers of sediment transport. Within the Coastal Mixing and Optics program (CM&O), my objectives were to characterize the dynamics of particles in the inertial layer. The questions to be investigated had to do with the testing of the Rouse formulation with a size-specific measurement of particles. The test of the Rouse formulation requires the measurement of concentrations and settling velocities on a size-resolved basis, and the measurement of a "reference concentration" at small distance off the seabed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA537039

Entities

People

  • Yogesh C. Agrawal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Deployment
  • Detectors
  • Dynamics
  • Focal Planes
  • Laser Sensors
  • Layers
  • Marine Geology
  • Measurement
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Transport Ships
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Theoretical Analysis.