Modeling Open-ocean Deep Convection

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand the convective process in the ocean, develop numerical models to study it, and so improve the representation of convection in ocean circulation models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA628813

Entities

People

  • John M Marshall

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Convection
  • Heat Flux
  • High Resolution
  • Information Operations
  • Labrador Sea
  • Language
  • Navier Stokes Equations
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Ocean Basins
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Scaling Laws
  • Standards
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science