Temperature anomalies beneath breaking waves and the decay of wave-induced turbulence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C4, 2000, Pages 8727-8736

  Gemmrich, Johannes R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BREAKING WAVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TURBULENCE; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 0033670302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900322     Document Type: Article

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