Large-eddy simulation of flow over two-dimensional obstacles: High drag states and mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-112

  Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a   Wijesekera, Hemantha W ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

TRANSITIONAL FLOW; WAVE DRAGS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRAG; EDDY; FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

DRAG; EDDY; FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 1342330306     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0094:LSOFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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