期刊
OCEAN DYNAMICS
卷 61, 期 9, 页码 1369-1390出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0450-3
关键词
Large eddy simulation; Langmuir circulation; Pressure-gradient-driven flow; Wind-driven flow; Free surface
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资金
- National Science Foundation [OCE-0136403, OCE-0927724]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0927724] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Turbulent shear flows on shallow continental shelves (here shallow means that the interaction with the solid, no-slip bottom is important) are of great importance because tide- and wind-driven flows on the shelf are drivers of the transfer of momentum, heat, and mass (gas) across the air-sea interface. These turbulent flows play an important role because vertical mixing and current are vectors for the transport of sediment and bioactive material on continental shelves. Understanding the dynamics of this class of flows presents complications because of the presence of a free surface and also because the flow can be driven by a pressure gradient (a tidal current), a stress at the free surface (a wind-driven current), or a combination of both. In addition, the flow can be modified by the presence of a wave field that can induce Langmuir circulation (Langmuir, Science 87:119-123, 1938). Large eddy simulation is used to quantify the effects of pressure gradient and wind shear on the distinctive structures of the turbulent flow. From these computations, an understanding of the physics governing the turbulence of pressure-driven and wind-driven flows, how they can interact in a normal or a tangential direction, and the effect of wave forcing on these flows is obtained.
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