The influence of whitecapping waves on the vertical structure of turbulence in a shallow estuarine embayment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1563-1580

  Jones, Nicole L ^a,b   Monismith, Stephen G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DEEP WATERS; DISSIPATION MEASUREMENTS; LAYER THEORIES; SAN FRANCISCO BAY , CALIFORNIA; SHALLOW EMBAYMENTS; SHALLOW SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL PEAKS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER COLUMNS; WHITECAPPING; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; KINETIC ENERGY; WIND STRESS;

WIND POWER;

BREAKING WAVE; DEEP WATER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; GRIZZLY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549169469     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3766.1     Document Type: Article

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