Shallow Turbulence in Rivers and Estuaries

Abstract

The overall long-term goal of the Shallow Turbulence in Rivers and Estuaries" is to gain a better understanding of turbulent mixing processes and energy dissipation in estuaries and rivers. Specifically, the project goals are to improve understanding of the eddying motion occurring at horizontal length scales greater than the water depth. Improved understanding of such shallow turbulence will facilitate interpretation and utilization of remotely-sensed signatures as observed in rivers and estuaries, and in the vicinity of inlets and river mouths. Calibration and interpretation of non-eddying hydrodynamic models may also be improved, leading to improved modeling of turbulent transport.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA573130

Entities

People

  • C. Chris Chickadel
  • Ed Zaron
  • Stefan A. Talke

Organizations

  • Portland State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cameras
  • Channel Flow
  • Columbia River
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Flow
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Physics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Rivers
  • Statistics
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography