U.S.-U.K. Cooperative Research: Topographic Interactions atthe European Continental Shelf

9408841 Boyer这个为期三年的奖项支持美国和英国在洋流物理建模方面的合作研究，合作对象是亚利桑那州立大学的Don L. Boyer和邓迪大学的Peter A. Davies。他们的研究目的是建立潮汐流和其他不稳定背景流与大陆架断裂处附近测深的相互作用的物理模型。他们将研究锋面及其不稳定性、平均沿等深线和跨等深线体积传输、水力跳跃和内波等现象。与邓迪大学的合作使研究人员能够将这种建模方法应用于特定的海洋区域。英国研究人员的研究是欧洲共同体海洋科学与技术（MAST）大型项目的一部分，该项目还包括沿伊比利亚和西北欧大陆架进行的类似研究。这种合作利用了MAST广泛的现场测量和建模工作。他们的研究将提供具体地点的综合数据集，包括伊比利亚大陆架的葡萄牙部分和赫布里底大陆架边缘，并应加速两个小组的建模工作。这些结果将进一步加深我们对洋流物理方面的理解。＊＊＊

9408841 Boyer This three-year award supports U.S.-U.K. cooperative research in physical modeling of ocean currents between Don L. Boyer, Arizona State University and Peter A. Davies of the University of Dundee. The objective of their research is to develop physical models of the interaction of tidal currents and other unsteady background flows with bathymetry in the vicinity of continental shelf breaks. They will investigate phenomenon such as fronts and their instabilities, mean along and cross-isobath volume transports, hydraulic jumps and internal waves. The collaboration with the University of Dundee allows the investigators to apply this modeling approach to specific oceanic regions. The U.K. investigator's research is part of a large European Community Marine Science and Technology (MAST) program that includes similar studies along the Iberian and North West European continental shelves. This collaboration takes advantage of extensive field measurements and modeling efforts of MAST. Their research will provide integrated data sets on specific sites, including the Portuguese section of the Iberian shelf and the Hebridean shelf edge, and should accelerate the modeling efforts of both groups. The results will further our understanding of physical aspects of ocean currents. ***