Numerical Investigation of Nonlinear Internal Wave Generation and Breaking in Straits

Abstract

Our long-term goals are to develop a physical understanding of the processes which lead to mixing in the ocean, with the aim of using this understanding to develop parameterizations of mixing suitable for global and regional models, and applying such models to societally relevant problems. A particular focus is the mixing induced by tidal flow over topography, and mixing induced by breaking nonlinear internal waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598115

Entities

People

  • Maarten C Buijsman
  • Sonya Legg

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Conversion
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dissipation
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Simulations
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Water
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers