Vorticity measurements within the bottom boundary layer in the Strait of Juan De Fuca
Citable URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1912/321Location
Strait of Juan De FucaDOI
10.1575/1912/321Keyword
Vorticity; Electromagnetic fluctuations; Bottom boundary layer; Turbulent fluctuation; Thomas G. Thompson (Ship) CruiseAbstract
Electromagnetic fluctuations and turbulent vorticity fluctuations were measured over a nine month period in
the strong tidal flows of the Strait of Juan De Fuca off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. A
collaborative experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that electromagnetic fluctuations at the sea
floor are forced by turbulent vorticity fluctuations in the bottom boundary layer. This report describes the
measurement of turbulent vorticity fluctuations and the associated analysis which focuses on testing existing
theoretical predictions for the inertial subrange and on characterizing spectra at frequencies below the
inertial subrange.
Suggested Citation
Technical Report: Fredericks, Janet J., Trowbridge, John H., Williams, Albert J., "Vorticity measurements within the bottom boundary layer in the Strait of Juan De Fuca", 1998-07, DOI:10.1575/1912/321, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/321Related items
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