Buoyant Coastal Current Dynamics over a Slope

[00:95059]这个项目研究的是由淡水河流排放产生的沿海浮力羽流的动力学。主要目标是对倾斜底部的浮力海岸流进行定量描述。这些洋流的结构将结合现有观测数据的分析、实验室实验和数值模拟来探索。现有的关于洋流宽度、近海边缘深度和洋流前端前进速度的理论估计将受到测试。观测数据来自切萨皮克羽流的一个实验。实验室数据将来自于一个旋转槽的实验。该数值模型是普林斯顿海洋模型（ECOM3d）的一个版本。

0095059/HelfrichThis project addresses the dynamics of buoyant coastal plumes of the sort produced by fresh-water river discharge. The main goal is to provide a quantitative description of buoyant coastal currents over a sloping bottom. The structure of such currents will be explored with a combination of analysis of existing observational data, laboratory experiments and numerical modeling. Existing theoretical estimates of the width of the current, the depth of the offshore edge, and the speed of advance of the nose of the current will be tested. The observational data are from an experiment in the Chesapeake Plume. The laboratory data will come from experiments in a rotating tank. The numerical model is a version of the Princeton Ocean Model (ECOM3d).