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, 2002
Accession Number
ADA626325

Entities

People

  • James N. Moum

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundary Layer
  • Continental Shelves
  • Detection
  • Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Instability
  • Instrumentation
  • Kinematics
  • Layers
  • Mixing
  • Observation
  • Solitons
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Oceanography.
  • Software Engineering.