Measurements of the vertical correlation in turbulence under broken waves

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-249

  Pedersen, Claus ^a,b   Deigaard, Rolf ^a   Sutherland, James ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Coastal hydrodynamics; Length scales; Surf zone; Turbulence; Turbulent diffusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

BREAKING WAVES; SURF ZONE;

WATER WAVES;

FLUME; TURBULENCE; WAVE BEHAVIOR; WAVE BREAKING;

BREAKING WAVES; FLUME EXPERIMENT; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

EID: 0032459982     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(98)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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