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3/27/02

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Table of Contents

The team

The team at work

What does SUNTANS stand for?

Dissipation of tidal energy

Hawaiian Ridge: example of energy sink

Bottom friction not only dissipative mechanism

Examples of internal waves

What is known about internal waves?

Internal wave responsible for dissipation?

Case study 1: Monterey Bay

Case study 2: Hawaiian Ridge

Goal of project

Project overview

Ingredients

Hydrostatic vs Nonhydrostatic I

Hydrostatic vs Nonhydrostatic II

Physical model

Casulli algorithm

TVD scheme

Unstructured grid in horizontal

Structured grid in vertical

Mesh refinement

Immersed Boundary Method

IBM validation

Large Eddy Simulation

Sub Filter Scale models

All together now

A challenge ahead of us!

Author: Margot Gerritsen

Email: margot.gerritsen@stanford.edu

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