Turbulence transport, vorticity dynamics, and solute mixing under plunging breaking waves in surf zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15677-15694

  Lin, Pengzhi ^a   Liu, Philip L F ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVES; MIXING; SOLUTE; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 1542779819     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01360     Document Type: Article

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