A note on mixing due to surface wave breaking

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Weber, Jan Erik H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; GRAVITY WAVES; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 58949096801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004758     Document Type: Article

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