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Browsing University of Waterloo by Supervisor "Waite, Michael"
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Atmospheric Dispersion of Radionuclides Following Small Modular Reactor Accidents
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-23)Small modular reactors (SMRs), reactors having a power rating of 300 Megawatts (MW) or less, have been under development for several decades. As fewer larger reactors are built due to the high upfront capital investment, ... -
A Comparative and Exploratory Study of Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Stratified Turbulence
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)The study of turbulence in the oceans and atmosphere is far-flung and ever-reaching in the academic world with research being done theoretically, experimentally and numerically. With great strides in the increasing power ... -
Normal Mode Wave-Vortex Decompositions of Mesoscale Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-18)The kinetic energy spectrum of the atmosphere has been well observed to exhibit a k^(-3) power law at synoptic scales with a transition to a shallower k^(-5/3) power law at the mesoscale. To better understand the mesoscale ... -
Numerical Modelling of Wind Storms in the Lower Great Lakes
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-07)Convective storms are incredible meteorological events; the impact of just one storm can be extreme and widespread. On July 21 1998, a convective storm formed west of Lake Michigan, moving quickly across the lower Great ... -
Prandtl number dependence of stratified turbulence
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-15)Stratified turbulence is affected by buoyancy forces that suppress vertical motion, resulting in a horizontally-layered structure with quasi-two-dimensional vortices. The Prandtl number Pr quantifies the relative strengths ... -
Sensitivity of Idealized Squall Line Simulation to Resolution and Subgrid Turbulence Mixing
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)In this project, the sensitivity of idealized squall line simulations to horizontal grid spacing and turbulent mixing parameterization will be discussed. Inconsistent results from numerical simulations of convective ... -
Turbulence in stably stratified boundary layers
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-26)In this thesis, turbulence dynamics for a stably stratified boundary layer is studied. The processes by which stable boundary layers are formed through strong surface cooling imposed on neutrally stratified wall-bounded ...