Characteristics of Langmuir turbulence in the ocean mixed layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1871-1887

  Grant, Alan L M ^a   Belcher, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION RATES; FRICTION VELOCITY; INFORMATION CONCERNING; LANGMUIR TURBULENCE; LENGTH SCALE; MIXED LAYER; NONDIMENSIONAL; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; PROFILE SHAPES; SHEAR TURBULENCES; SURFACE FRICTION VELOCITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY SCALE; WAVEFIELDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUDGET CONTROL; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DISSIPATION; ENTRAINMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; STOKES FORMULA; TURBULENCE; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 70349731741     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4119.1     Document Type: Article

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