Dispersive effects on wave-current interaction and vorticity transport in nearshore flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Terrile, E ^a   Brocchini, M ^b   Christensen, K H ^c   Kirby, J T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid waves; Ocean waves; Vortices

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

NEARSHORE FLOWS; VORTICITY TRANSPORT; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

WATER WAVES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES;

EID: 41849133536     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2888973     Document Type: Article

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