Laboratory and Numerical Modeling of Topographic Effects on Time-Dependent Ocean Currents

据观察，当一个强大的电流，如海湾 与地形相互作用，如新英格兰 在海山或巴哈马河岸， 的地形特征。这一建议是研究过程 涡流的产生和衰减的稳定和非稳定流过去 地形特征博耶（与戴维斯）将在坦克中进行模拟 实验移动不同地形形状的效果 通过一个旋转的，分层的流体;荷兰将模拟 与原始方程相同的物理系统20层计算机 模型将比较结果，以确定帕拉的范围。 米的空间，其中模型可以预测实验室实验 并确定哪些结论与海洋动力学有关。

It has been observed that when a strong current, such as the Gulf Stream, interacts with topography, such as the New England Seamounts or the Bahama banks, eddies are formed on the lee side of the topographic feature. This proposal is to study the process of eddy generation and decay by steady and unsteady flows past topographic features. Boyer (with Davies) will simulate in a tank experiment the effect of moving diverse topographic shapes through a rotating, stratified fluid; Holland will simulate the same physical system with a primitive equation 20 layer computer model. Results will be compared to determine the range of para- meter space in which the model can predict the lab experiments and ascertain which conclusions are relevant to ocean dynamics.