This Project Grant award of $477,707.00 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a research project at the University of Delaware to investigate the impacts of wave-driven Langmuir turbulence on estuarine circulation. The project will employ a high-resolution, three-dimensional simulation framework with realistic bathymetry and density stratification to analyze the effects of Langmuir turbulence on vertical mixing and transport processes in estuarine...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $353,715 will fund a collaborative research project to study the turbulence in the stratified layer at the air-water interface, as driven by waves and wind. The project will utilize a combination of controlled laboratory experiments and advanced numerical simulations (large-eddy simulations) to test the hypothesis that coupling between waves and wind-driven currents is necessary to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program Project Grant award, with a total funding of $438,734, supports a collaborative research effort to study the turbulence in the stratified layer at the air-water interface caused by waves and wind. The research will be conducted through a combination of controlled laboratory experiments and state-of-the-art numerical simulations, with the goal of improving the representation of the ocean surface boundary layer in Earth-system models....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award for $1,195,922 will support the University of Washington's research project, "Exploration of Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity of Ocean Boundary Layer Turbulence." The project aims to provide the first direct observational study of the anisotropy and inhomogeneity of ocean surface boundary layer turbulence using custom-built acoustic instruments that drift with the water flow. The observations...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to improve the understanding of biogenic turbulence, which refers to the mixing of heat and CO2 in the ocean driven by the motion of small organisms like zooplankton. The $259,994 award, effective from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, will fund a collaborative research project between the University of Pittsburgh and other institutions to investigate the minimum swimmer size required to...
The University of Washington was awarded a two-year $436,735 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support the numerical investigation and validation of stratified up-side down Langmuir turbulence from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. As part of its mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system, the Geosciences program aims to expand...
This $339,994 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research to advance the fundamental theoretical understanding of wave turbulence in the atmosphere and oceans. The award to New York University (NYU) will fund a multi-pronged effort combining theory and numerical modeling in three key areas: 1) investigating how broadband wave spectra can emerge from monochromatic wave sources through interactions with mean...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to investigate the interactions between internal waves and submesoscale currents in the ocean's bottom boundary layer. The total award is $418,382 over a period of 3 years, from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The research will combine theoretical concepts, analyses of existing measurements, and computer modeling to assess how these wave-current interactions affect mixing and...
The University of Delaware received a $497,107 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on March 1, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WIND TURBULENCE OVER SHOALING SURFACE WAVES AND THEIR IMPACT ON AIR-SEA FLUXES." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $399,900 will fund research at the University of Delaware from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to advance understanding of the ocean surface boundary layer dynamics under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the award will support collaborative research to explore the effects of surface waves on the stratified ocean surface boundary layer during conditions of surface heating. Through analyses of existing...