Coastal Mixing

Abstract

We seek to understand the mechanisms of turbulence and mixing in shallow water sufficiently well to be able to specify useful parameterizations for coastal circulation models. We seek to understand the links between mixing rates, the circulation and productivity of the coastal ocean. We seek to develop the technology to make accurate Lagrangian measurement of ocean processes and the analysis techniques to use it. The short-term objective is to analyze mixing and circulation measurements made in the Oregon upwelling system during the summers of 2000 and 2001 and publish papers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612669

Entities

People

  • Eric A. D'Asaro
  • Ren-Chieh Lien

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continental Shelves
  • Convection
  • Diffusivity
  • Dissipation
  • Frequency
  • Hot Spots
  • Information Operations
  • Internal Waves
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Labrador Sea
  • Marine Systems (Military)
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Shallow Water
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.