Direct estimation of the Reynolds stress vertical structure in the nearshore

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 102-116

  Feddersen, Falk ^a   Williams, III ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

MOMENTUM DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS STRESS; TURBULENCE DYNAMICS;

WATER WAVES;

BEACHES; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARAMETERIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURF ZONE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 33846799360     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1953.1     Document Type: Article

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