Ocean Mixing

Abstract

The long-term goal of this program is to understand the processes of instability that generate turbulent mixing and drag, especially in the coastal ocean. Our ongoing studies of both the kinematics and dynamics of turbulence and small-scale physical phenomena in the ocean leading to turbulence emphasize observations, a program of continued sensor and instrumentation development, and interaction with turbulence modelers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA622503

Entities

People

  • James N. Moum

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Backscattering
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Detection
  • Dynamics
  • Instability
  • Instrumentation
  • Kinematics
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Mixing
  • Observation
  • Solitons
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.