Langmuir turbulence in shallow water. Part 2. Large-eddy simulation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 576, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-108

  Tejada Martinez A E ^a,b   Grosch, C E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW OF WATER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; REYNOLDS STRESS; SHEAR CURRENT; STOKES DRIFT; WIND FORCING;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW OF WATER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

AUTOCORRELATION; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHALLOW WATER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EID: 34447262629     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006004587     Document Type: Article

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