Langmuir circulation

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2004, Pages 55-79

  Thorpe, S A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WIND;

LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION MODELS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING LAYER; OCEAN; SEA SURFACE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 1642269982     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.36.052203.071431     Document Type: Article

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