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Accession Number:
AD0753837
Title:
Estimating the Depth Dependence of Ocean Horizontal Diffusion Coefficients
Corporate Author:
TRW SYSTEMS GROUP REDONDO BEACH CA
Report Date:
1972-12-01
Abstract:
A simple empirical estimate is presented for predicting the variation with depth of a scalar concentration field in the far wake of a submarine operating beneath the ocean surface. By examining near surface and intermediate depth diffusion and turbulent dissipation data, it is shown that the horizontal diffusion coefficient decreases by a factor of from 2.2 to 2.5 in the depth regime between 10 and 300 meters. Semi-empirical equations for the strength of the concentration field from instantaneous and continuous sources are developed.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0753837
Pages:
0024
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Contract Number:
N00014-72-C-0074
Contract Number 2:
ARPA ORDER-1910
File Size:
0.65MB
