Effect of roughness formulation on the performance of a coupled wave, hydrodynamic, and sediment transport model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 299-313

  Ganju, Neil K ^a   Sherwood, Christopher R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom boundary layer; Model skill; Roughness; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; BOTTOM ROUGHNESS; BOTTOM STRESS; BOTTOM-BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; COUPLED WAVES; GAUGE MODEL; GRAIN SIZE; LOWER STRESS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODEL SKILL; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZING; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REGIONAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; TESTING GROUNDS; TURBULENCE DISSIPATION; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHM; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; COUPLING; DRAG COEFFICIENT; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIPPLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952956287     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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