Measurement of vertical kinetic energy and vertical velocity skewness in oceanic boundary layers by imperfectly lagrangian floats

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1918-1935

  Harcourt, Ramsey R ^a   D'Asaro, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING TIME; BUOYANT FLOATS; DATA SETS; EULERIAN; FLOAT MEASUREMENTS; FLUID VELOCITIES; FORCINGS; LAGRANGIAN FLOATS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; MEAN VARIANCE; NEGATIVE VALUES; OCEAN BOUNDARIES; OCEANIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; OVERSAMPLED; POSITIVE VALUE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; TURBULENT VELOCITY; VERTICAL POSITIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; DATA SET; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SKEWNESS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649416966     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO731.1     Document Type: Article

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