A hybrid spectral/finite-difference large-eddy simulator of turbulent processes in the upper ocean

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 115-142

  Tejada Martínez, Andrés E ^a   Grosch, Chester E ^b   Gargett, Ann E ^b   Polton, Jeff A ^c   Smith, Jerome A ^d   MacKinnon, J A ^d  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation (DNS); Dynamic Smagorinsky model; Langmuir circulation; Langmuir subgrid scales; Langmuir turbulence; Large eddy simulation (LES); Upper ocean turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION (DNS); DYNAMIC SMAGORINSKY MODEL; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LANGMUIR SUBGRID-SCALES; LANGMUIR TURBULENCE; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); UPPER OCEAN TURBULENCE;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; FLOW SIMULATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LAMINAR FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

SIMULATORS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHANNEL FLOW; CIRCULATION MODELING; EKMAN LAYER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 68749121934     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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