Large-eddy simulation of the tidal-cycle variations of an estuarine boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Li, Ming ^a   Radhakrishnan, Senthilkumaran ^b   Piomelli, Ugo ^c   Geyer, W Rockwell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STRAIN; TIDAL POWER;

BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM STRESS; BUOYANCY FLUXES; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DIURNAL CYCLE; EBB TIDES; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; ESTUARINE BOUNDARY; FLOOD TIDE; GRADIENT TERMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; MIXED-BOUNDARY; MOMENTUM EQUATION; OCEAN SURFACES; RESTRATIFICATION; SALT FLUX; SHEAR PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL STRAINING; TURBULENCE GENERATION; TURBULENT ENERGIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY FORCING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTUARINE FRONT; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 77955532946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005702     Document Type: Article

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