Boundary Layer Processes in the Surf Zone and Inner Shelf in CROSSTEX and MISO

Abstract

Long term goals are to observe and model turbulent stresses in the bottom boundary layer (BBL) arising from wave forcing and low frequency currents, and the resulting sediment transport, and bedform evolution in the inner shelf and surf zone. The presence of mobile sandy beds across continental shelves and surf zones results in complex interactions and strong feedbacks between fluid motion in the bottom boundary layer and sediment movement both as bed load and suspended sediment flux. A primary goal is to develop parameterizations of the formation of different bedform types to different aspects of wave and current forcing. A second goal is better understand and model changes in effective bed roughness and BBL wave dissipation in response to these evolving bedforms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA572912

Entities

People

  • Timothy P. Stanton

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Data Sets
  • Dissipation
  • Feedback
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Regions
  • Roughness
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Transport Ships

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