Surface turbulence in natural waters: A comparison of large eddy simulations with microstructure observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C1, 2000, Pages 1195-1207

  Sander, Johannes ^a   Simon, André ^b   Jonas, Tobias ^b   Wüest, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; LAKE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033664426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900266     Document Type: Review

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