A note on Stokes production of turbulence kinetic energy in the oceanic mixed layer: Observations in the Baltic Sea

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-180

  Kantha, Lakshmi ^a   Lass, Hans Ulrich ^b   Prandke, Hartmut ^c  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ISW Wassermesstechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stokes production; Turbulence; Turbulence kinetic energy; Turbulent mixing; Wave turbulence interaction; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

STOKES PRODUCTION; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT MIXING; WAVE-TURBULENCE INTERACTION; WIND WAVE; WIND WAVES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEAWATER; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED LAYER; MODEL TEST; OCEANIC CONVECTION; RADIATIVE FORCING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STOKES FORMULA; SURFACE WAVE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER OCEAN; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 77649231316     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0257-7     Document Type: Article

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