The effect of breaking waves on a coupled model of wind and ocean surface waves. Part I: Mature seas

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2145-2163

  Kukulka, Tobias ^a,b   Hara, Tetsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUXES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVES; WIND POWER;

BREAKING WAVES; COUPLED MODELS; DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORM DRAGS; MOMENTUM FLUXES; NONBREAKING WAVES; NONLINEAR WAVE INTERACTIONS; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; SATURATION LEVELS; SPECTRAL PEAKS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE DISSIPATIONS; WAVE ENERGIES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MODELS; WAVE NUMBERS; WIND FIELDS; WIND FORCING; WIND SPEEDS;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BREAKING WAVE; DRAG; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND FORCING;

EID: 57849090059     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3961.1     Document Type: Article

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