An analytical model of capped turbulent oscillatory bottom boundary layers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Shimizu, Kenji ^a  

^a RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; NUMBER THEORY; ROTATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM SHEAR STRESS; E-FOLDING; EARTH'S ROTATION; EDDY VISCOSITY; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION VELOCITY; INTERIOR FLOW; INTERNAL WAVES; LINEAR FRICTION; MIXED-BOUNDARY; MODEL SOLUTION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHASE LAGS; QUADRATIC FORM; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VELOCITY PROFILES; WATER SURFACE;

SHEAR FLOW;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTH ROTATION; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERNAL WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OSCILLATING FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77953558257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005548     Document Type: Article

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