A Laboratory Study of Convectively-Driven Mean Flow in a Model of the Red Sea

Abstract

The goal of the project is to gain an understanding of the density and velocity fields created by a surface forcing, e.g., buoyancy flux and wind stress, in partially enclosed seas with hydraulically constricted exits. Applications to the Red and Mediterranean Seas are foremost in our thinking but the flows in fjords and other embayments of this type are also of interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA624683

Entities

People

  • Tony Maxworthy

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buoyancy
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Models
  • Oceans
  • Porous Materials
  • Red Sea
  • Research Facilities
  • Scaling Laws
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Stresses
  • Thinking
  • Wind Stress

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design