Flow Over Difficult Bathymetry: Processes and Parameterizations

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand the physics of flows generated by currents passing over small topographic features, to quantify, and parameterize if possible, the mixing these flows produce; and to parameterize the effects of form drag on topographic roughness at scales too small to be resolved by numerical models of ocean circulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA626585

Entities

People

  • Michael C. Gregg
  • Parker MacCready

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bathymetry
  • Boundary Layer
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Latitude
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ridges
  • Roughness
  • Submarine Bases
  • Tidal Currents
  • Topography
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers