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

小行星9871808 该项目是内波破碎的实验室研究。 建议在两层分层系统的界面处产生波浪破碎事件，其目的是：1）测量破碎和所产生的湍流的混合效率，以及2）表征与破碎相关联的细尺度物理过程。 将进行三组实验：前两组将集中于破碎过程的可视化，DPTV将用于第三组研究破碎事件的物理和精细尺度结构以及由此产生的湍流。

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.