Determining the Stratification of Exchange Flows in Sea Straits

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to contribute to our understanding of the factors determining the stratification in sea straits (such as the Bab al Mandab) and in neighboring marginal seas and basins (such as the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA626380

Entities

People

  • Karl Helfrich
  • Lawrence J. Pratt

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Case Studies
  • Data Analysis
  • Equations
  • Field Conditions
  • Flow
  • Frequency
  • Internal Waves
  • Layers
  • Models
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Red Sea
  • Shear Flow
  • Stratification
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography