A modified law-of-the-wall applied to oceanic bottom boundary layers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Perlin, A ^a   Moum, J N ^a   Klymak, J M ^a,b   Levine, M D ^a   Boyd, T ^a   Kosro, P M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; SHELF DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 28844504754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002310     Document Type: Article

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