Wind-driven internal waves and Langmuir circulations in a numerical ocean model of the southern Baltic Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Axell, Lars B ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Internal wave energy; Internal waves; Langmuir circulations; Mixing turbulence model

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENT MIXING; WAVE ENERGY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

(SOUTH); BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0037113449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000922     Document Type: Article

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