Rapid mixed layer deepening by the combination of langmuir and shear instabilities: A case study

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2381-2400

  Kukulka, Tobias ^a   Plueddemann, Albert J ^a   Trowbridge, John H ^a   Sullivan, Peter P ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Internal waves; Mixed layer; Shear structure flows; Thermocline; Turbulence; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DOWN-WELLING; EULERIAN; INTERNAL WAVES; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; LANGMUIRS; MEAN SHEAR; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEEPENING; OCEAN PROCESS; OCEAN RESPONSE; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SHEAR STRUCTURE/FLOWS; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; THERMOCLINE; TKE PRODUCTION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL SHEAR; WIND EVENTS; WIND VELOCITIES;

ADVECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WAVES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADVECTION; DOWNWELLING; INSTABILITY; INTERNAL WAVE; JET; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; PERTURBATION; SHEAR FLOW; STOKES FORMULA; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 78650209746     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4403.1     Document Type: Article

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