Spectral estimates of bed shear stress using suspended-sediment concentrations in a wave-current boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Lee, Guan Hong ^a   Dade, W Brian ^b   Friedrichs, Carl T ^c   Vincent, Chris E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eddy diffusivity; Inertial dissipation method; Suspended sediment; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

SHEAR STRESS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141975310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001279     Document Type: Article

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