The Influence of Rotation on Mixing at Straits and Sills

PI: LeggProposal编号：9985840观察到海峡和海底的水流混合在不同的位置有很大的不同。了解这种变化的原因对气候模拟很重要。PI假设行星自转是观测到的变化的原因。资金提供表征结构和量化率负责混合旋转，水力控制流动使用大涡模拟建模。特别是，这些特性对通道宽度与内部罗斯比变形半径之比的依赖性将被确定。

PI: LeggProposal Number: 9985840Diapycnal mixing at straits and sills is observed to vary significantly from one location to another. Understanding the cause of this variation is important to climate modeling. The PI hypothesizes that planetary rotation is responsible for the observed variability. Funds are provided to characterize the structures and quantify the rates responsible for mixing in rotating, hydraulically controlled flows using large eddy simulation modeling. In particular, the dependence of these characteristics on the ratio of the channel width to internal Rossby radius of deformation will be determined.