Stratified Coastal Trapped Waves and Mean Flows

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS. Our long term goals are to identify the roles that rectified subinertial waves and mesoscale motions play in the mean-flow transport of fluid properties in the coastal ocean and to apply these ideas to cross-margin transport of physical, chemical, and biological properties. OBJECTIVES. Coastal waves and wave-generated mean flows are studied in a stratified, rotating model ocean. Waves trapped to the coast are generated by time-dependent flow over a sloping and irregular bottom. Short-term goals of this study include quantifying the evolution of the vertical structure of the along-slope mean flow driven by non-linear interactions of the coastal trapped wave and damped by friction. In particular, the effects of stratification on the cross-slope overturning circulation will be examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA634935

Entities

People

  • Daniel R. Ohlsen
  • LuAnne Thompson

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Colorado
  • Continental Shelves
  • Frequency
  • Friction
  • Information Operations
  • Layers
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceans
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Stratification
  • Topography
  • Transport Ships
  • Universities
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography