HR: 0800h
AN: OS51A-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Quasi Two-Dimensional Turbulent Flow Over Discontinuous Topography
AU: * Tenreiro, M
EM: tenreiro@cicese.mx
AU: Zavala Sansón, L
EM: lzavala@cicese.mx
AF: Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, BC 22860, Mexico
AB: Decaying turbulent flows with topography are studied by means of laboratory experiments in a rotating tank and by numerical simulations based on a quasi-two-dimensional model. The basic configuration is a step-like topography dividing the flow domain in deep and shallow regions. The main objectives are: to prove that different domain geometries influence the long-term flow evolution; to show the generation of a final flow configuration; and to examine the physical mechanisms behind the main interactions of simple structures with the topography, like dipoles, in order to explain the final flow distribution.
DE: 4415 Cascades
DE: 4485 Self-organization
DE: 4490 Turbulence (3379, 4568, 7863)
DE: 4562 Topographic/bathymetric interactions
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly