Direct numerical simulation of wind-wave generation processes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 616, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-30

  Lin, MeiYying ^a,c   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^b   Tsai, Wu Ting ^a,d   Sullivan, Peter P ^b   Belcher, Stephen E ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ENERGY TRANSFER; TURBULENCE; WIND;

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; INTERFACIAL BOUNDARY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SURFACE FRICTION VELOCITY; SURFACE WIND STRESS; TURBULENCE STATISTICS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE GENERATION; WAVELENGTH; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 56549129257     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004060     Document Type: Article

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