Strong turbulence in the wave crest region

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 583-595

  Gemmrich, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISSIPATION RATES; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; FREE SURFACES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODEL YIELDS; NON-BREAKING WAVES; SECOND ORDERS; STRONG TURBULENCE; SURFACE LAYERS; THRESHOLD BEHAVIOR; TROUGH REGION; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES; WAVE CREST; WAVEBANDS; WAVEBREAKING; WAVEFIELDS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

TURBULENCE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 77953269465     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4179.1     Document Type: Article

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