Measurement of Turbulent Fluxes and Dissipation Rates in the Coastal Bottom Boundary Layer

Abstract

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

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628740

Entities

People

  • A. J. Williams
  • J. H. Trowbridge

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dissipation
  • Dynamics
  • Electronic Mail
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Heat Flux
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Statistics
  • Travel Time
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.