A quasi-eulerian, quasi-lagrangian view of surface-wave-induced flow in the ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1122-1130

  Broström, Göran ^a   Christensen, Kai Håkon ^b   Wéber, Jan Erik H ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); DEPTH DEPENDENCE; EULERIAN; EULERIAN EQUATIONS; HORIZONTAL DIRECTION; LAGRANGIAN; MATERIAL SURFACES; MEAN FLOWS; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NON UNIFORM; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS; WATER COLUMN (WC); WAVE FIELDS; WAVE INDUCED FLOW;

WAVES;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 41849110018     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3702.1     Document Type: Article

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