An Experiment to Measure the Mixing Efficiency and Fine-Scale Structure in a Breaking Internal Wave

9871808科斯夫该项目是为了进行内波破裂的实验室研究。建议在两层层状系统的界面上产生一个波浪破碎事件，目的是1)测量破碎和由此产生的湍流的混合效率，2)表征与破碎有关的精细物理过程。将进行三组实验：前两组将集中于破碎过程的可视化，第三组将使用DPTV来研究破裂事件和由此产生的湍流的物理和精细结构。

9871808 Koseff The project is for a laboratory study of internal-wave breaking. It is proposed to create a wave-breaking event at the interface of a two-layer stratified system, with the purpose of 1) measuring the mixing efficiency of the breaking and the resulting turbulence, and 2) characterizing the fine-scale physical processes associated with the breaking. Three sets of experiments will be carried out: The first two sets will concentrate on visualization of the breaking process, and DPTV will be used in the third set to study the physics and fine-scale structure of the breaking event and the resulting turbulence.