Vertical structure of dissipation in the nearshore

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1764-1777

  Feddersen, Falk ^a   Trowbridge, J H ^b   Williams, III ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

DEEP-WATER BREAKING-WAVE SCALING; THREE ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT METERS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND FORCING;

EID: 34548015462     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3098.1     Document Type: Article

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