Three-dimensional modeling of small-scale processes in the upper boundary layer bounded by a dynamic ocean surface

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tsai, Wu Ting ^a   Hung, Li Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POISSON EQUATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; WIND STRESS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CAPILLARY WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 34547890246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003686     Document Type: Article

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