Effects of Turbulence Parameterization Schemes in Hydrostatic and Nonhydrostatic Shelf Circulation Models

Abstract

The long-term-goal is to understand the role of small scale nonhydrostatic processes and turbulent mixing in influencing the mesoscale circulation over the continental shelf.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA627034

Entities

People

  • John S. Allen

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Bathymetry
  • Continental Shelves
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Instability
  • Internal Waves
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Simulations
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers