Modeling of the turbulence in the water column under breaking wind waves

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-341

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Chan, Eng Soon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Surface roughness; Turbulent kinetic energy; Wave breaking; Wave enhanced layer

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MODELING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0141688406     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025567911110     Document Type: Article

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