Waves, Turbulence and Boundary Layers

Abstract

The long-term goal is to develop a unified fully coupled ocean wave - circulation model. This has not been possible previously since the interaction terms (e.g., wave radiation stress terms) are, a priori, vertically integrated (Phillips 1977) and the non-wave induced velocities have been assumed to be vertically constant. Following Mellor (2002), I plan to develop theory and computations for turbulent bottom boundary layers to account for shallow water wave and streaming effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA572826

Entities

People

  • George L. Mellor

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computations
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fluids
  • Layers
  • Ocean Waves
  • Physics
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Waves
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence
  • Water
  • Water Waves
  • Wave Power
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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