Testing Turbulence Closure Models against Oceanic Turbulence Measurements

Abstract

The long-term goals of this project are to quantify turbulence and to understand the dynamics and implications of turbulent mixing in the coastal ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625214

Entities

People

  • J. H. Trowbridge

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Buoyancy
  • California
  • Continental Shelves
  • Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Mixing
  • Shear Stresses
  • Stresses
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics