Semiempirical dissipation source functions for ocean waves. Part I: Definition, calibration, and validation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1917-1941

  Ardhuin, Fabrice ^a,h   Rogers, Erick ^b   Babanin, Alexander V ^c   Filipot, Jean François ^a   Magne, Rudy ^a   Roland, Aaron ^d   van der Westhuysen, Andre ^e   Queffeulou, Pierre ^a   Lefevre, Jean Michel ^f   Aouf, Lotfi ^f   Collard, Fabrice ^g  

^a Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^g CLS   (France)

^h IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Oceanic; Parameterization; Waves; Wind

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVES; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRUM; DISCRETE INTERACTION; GLOBAL OCEAN; IN-SITU; MEAN PERIOD; MOMENTUM FLUX; NONDIMENSIONAL; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; OCEAN WAVES; OCEANIC; PARAMETERIZATIONS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SHORT WAVES; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; SPECTRAL DATA; SPECTRAL MOMENTS; SPECTRAL SHAPES; SYSTEMATIC DEFECTS; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE PARAMETERS; WAVE SPECTRA; WAVEBREAKING; WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BREAKING WAVE; DISSIPATION; MOMENTUM; OCEAN WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 78049290918     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4324.1     Document Type: Article

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