A preliminary estimate of the Stokes dissipation of wave energy in the global ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kantha, Lakshmi ^a   Wittmann, Paul ^b   Sclavo, Mauro ^b,c   Carniel, Sandro ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WAVES; WAVES; WIND POWER;

DISSIPATION RATES; DRIFT VELOCITIES; GLOBAL OCEANS; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; MIXED LAYERS; RATE OF DISSIPATIONS; REGIONAL VARIATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SURF ZONES; UPPER LAYERS; VERTICAL SHEARS; WAVE DISSIPATIONS; WAVE ENERGIES; WAVE FIELDS; WIND WAVES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD; WIND WAVE;

EID: 62749180221     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036193     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Ardhuin, F., and A. D. Jenkins (2006), On the interaction of surface waves and upper ocean turbulence, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 551-557.
2. Ardhuin, F., N. Rascle, and K. A. Belibassakis (2008), Explicit wave-averaged primitive equations using a generalized Lagrangian mean, Ocean Modell., 20, 35-60.
3. Carniel, S., M. Sclavo, L. H. Kantha, and C. A. Clayson (2005), Langmuir cells and mixing in the upper ocean, Nuovo Cimento Soc. Ital Fis. C, 28, 33-54.
4. Kantha, L. H. (2006), A note on the decay rate of swell, Ocean Modell., 11, 167-173.
5. Kantha, L. H., and C. A. Clayson (1994), An improved mixed layer model for geophysical applications, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 25,235-25,266.
6. Kantha, L. H., and C. A. Clayson (2000a), Small Scale Processes in Geophysical Fluid Flows, 888 pp., Academic, San Diego, Calif.
7. Kantha, L. H., and C. A. Clayson (2000b), Numerical Models of Oceans and Oceanic Processes, 912 pp., Academic, San Diego, Calif.
8. Kantha, L. H., and C. A. Clayson (2004), On the effect of surface gravity waves on mixing in the oceanic mixed layer, Ocean Modell., 6, 101 -124.
9. Large, W. G., and S. Pond (1981), Open ocean momentum flux measurements in moderate to strong winds, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 324-336.
10. McWilliams, J. C., P. P. Sullivan, and C.-H. Moeng (1997), Langmuir turbulence in the ocean, J. Fluid Mech., 334, 1-30.
11. Rascle, N., F. Ardhuin, P. Queffeulou, and D. Croize-Fillon (2008), A global wave parameter database for geophysical applications. Part 1: Wave-current-turbulence interaction parameters for the open ocean based on traditional parameterizations, Ocean Modell., 25, 154-171.
12. Rogers, W. E., P. A. Wirtmann, D. W. C. Wang, R. M. Clancy, and Y. L. Hsu (2005), Evaluation of global wave prediction at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, Weather Forecast., 20, 745-760.
13. Tolman, H. L. (1991), A third-generation model for wind wave on a slowly varying, unsteady, and Inhomogeneous depth and currents, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 21, 782-797.
14. Tolman, H. L. (2002), User manual and system documentation of WAVEWATCH-III version 2.22, Tech. Note 222, 133 pp., U.S. Dep. of Commer., Washington, D. C. (Available at http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/mmab/papers/ tn222/MMAB-222.pdf)