Modeling the Effects of Anisotropic Turbulence and Dispersive Waves on Oceanic Circulation and their Incorporation in Navy Ocean Models

Abstract

Our global long-term goal is making further progress in understanding of the mixing processes in the ocean on large and small scales. To achieve this goal, we develop theories of anisotropic turbulence and dispersive waves in different environments, test them, compare them with data and implement them in ocean models. In this project, the goals were to extend the QNSE theory of turbulence to flows with solid body rotation, conduct a comprehensive study of the spectral characteristics of such flows, to develop a theory of the combined effect of rotation and stable stratification which may shed new light upon the Garrett-Munk spectrum, and to test these theories in oceanic models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556862

Entities

People

  • Boris Galperin

Organizations

  • University of South Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Diffusion
  • Internal Waves
  • Layers
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Rossby Waves
  • Solid Bodies
  • Space Sciences
  • Turbulence
  • Two Dimensional
  • Universities
  • Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers