Stratification effects in a bottom Ekman layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2535-2555

  Taylor, John R ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURES; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; DENSITY PROFILES; EKMAN LAYERS; EKMAN TRANSPORTS; ENHANCED MIXING; FREE-STREAM VELOCITIES; LENGTH-SCALE; LINEAR TEMPERATURES; LOG-LAWS; MEAN DENSITIES; MEAN SHEARS; MEAN VELOCITIES; MEAN VELOCITY PROFILES; MIXED LAYERS; OUTER LAYERS; PROFILE METHODS; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; ROUGH SURFACES; SHEAR INSTABILITIES; SHEAR PROFILES; STRATIFICATION EFFECTS; STREAM VELOCITIES; THREE-LAYER STRUCTURES; WALL STRESS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SOLIDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FLOW VELOCITY; JET; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; PYCNOCLINE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 65549146305     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3942.1     Document Type: Article

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