Formation of a diurnal thermocline in the ocean mixed layer simulated by LES

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1244-1257

  Noh, Yign ^a   Goh, Gahyun ^a   Raasch, Siegfried ^b   Gryschka, Micha ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUXES; FLUX RICHARDSON NUMBER; FORMATION STAGE; GROWTH STAGES; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; SHEAR PRODUCTION; SIMULATION RESULT; TKE PRODUCTION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WAVEBREAKING;

KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

STREAM FLOW;

KINETIC ENERGY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 67650086688     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO4032.1     Document Type: Article

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