An Investigation of Surface and Internal Wave-induced Turbulence in Shallow Water Thermal Microstructure

Download or read book An Investigation of Surface and Internal Wave-induced Turbulence in Shallow Water Thermal Microstructure written by James Wesley Powell and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurements of temperature, wave height, and orthogonal water particle velocity were made in May 1973 at the NUC Tower located one mile off Mission Beach, California. A detailed analysis of the temperature field was made using digital temperature and isotherm contour plots. Billow turbulence microstructure appeared to be the dominant mechanism with the exception of one run in which evidence of double-diffusion microstructure was found. Both frequency and wavenumber spectra were calculated and a correspondence between the spectra was noted at the frequency and wavenumber of the surface wave-induced particle displacements. (Modified author abstract).