The effect of idealized water waves on the turbulence structure and kinetic energy budgets in the overlying airflow

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 147-171

  Rutgersson, Anna ^a,b   Sullivan, P P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNS; Fast waves; Moving surface waves; Turbulent kinetic energy budget

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

AIRFLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; WAVE LENGTH;

WATER WAVES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WAVE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 17544367276     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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