Fiscal Year	2010
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Oceanography
Investigator(s)	Stanton, Timothy P.
Sponsor	Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary	We are proposing an observational study of the flow, mixing, and sediment dynamics in a tidal inlet and/or river mouth system. Flow through a constriction such as an inlet/mouth is controlled by a combination of tidal, wave, and riverine forcing. The focus of the proposed work is to characterize the turbulent processes acting across the water column in river/inlet systems that result in vertical mixing, sediment transport and morphological evolution of the bed using a unique suite of sled-deployed instruments. These observations will be used to parameterize the widely differing boundary layer processes contributing to net sediment transport along the axis of a river/inlet/ocean system.
Keywords	Ocean Mixing Tidal Inlets Turbulent Boundary Layers
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