Final Reports for Contract N00014-87-K-0181 (University of Hawaii, School ofOcean and Earth Science and Technology)

摘要

Research goals include a description and modeling of the kinematical structureand dynamical processes of oceanic motions that have horizontal scales from a few meters to a few kilometers. Understanding the role that these small-scale motions play in the redistribution and mixing of momentum, potential vorticity heat, and salt. Our objective is to identify the processes that affect the kinematical and dynamical evolution of near-inertial internal gravity waves, especially those processes that can transfer energy out of near-inertial internal waves into the internal wave continuum.