Modelling the general circulation of shelf seas by 3D k-epsilon models
One examines the modifications which must be made--and the limitations which must be set--to classical k- epsilon models to extend their application to the simulation of marine mesoscale, synopticscale and macroscale processes which compose the weather-like and general circulations of the sea. The c...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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1989
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| Online Access: | https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/262919.pdf |
| Summary: | One examines the modifications which must be made--and the limitations which must be set--to classical k- epsilon models to extend their application to the simulation of marine mesoscale, synopticscale and macroscale processes which compose the weather-like and general circulations of the sea. The case of the general circulation--for which sub-grid scale fluctuations include such semi-organized motions as tides and storm surges--is discussed in more detail. A 3D k- epsilon model appropriate to the study of the general circulation in a shallow stratified sea is presented and illustrated with the results of a simulation of the general summer circulation in the Northern Bering Sea, made in the scope of the NSF ISHTAR ("Inner Shelf Transfer and Recycling") Program. |
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