Modeling of the eddy viscosity by breaking waves

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 116-123

  Zhang, Shuwen ^a   Yuan, Yeli ^b   Zheng, Quan'an ^c  

^a GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interface; Eddy viscosity; Near surface dynamics; TKE dissipation rate

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BREAKING WAVE; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING; VISCOSITY; WATER DEPTH; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 38849133449     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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