Upper-ocean turbulence during a westerly wind burst: A comparison of large-eddy simulation results and microstructure measurements

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-28

  Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a,b   Smyth, W D ^b   Moum, J N ^b   Wijesekera, H ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBULENCE; UPPER OCEAN; WESTERLY; WIND FORCING; MIXED LAYER;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032599811     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0005:UOTDAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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