Observations of turbulence within a natural surf zone

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2696-2712

  Ruessink, B G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal flows; Gravity waves; Stress; Turbulence; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL FLOW; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-SPEED; MEAN CURRENTS; NET STRESS; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STRESS EVENTS; SURF ZONES; TIME AVERAGING; TURBULENCE DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE VELOCITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTH; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DRAG; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TIME SERIES; WATER WAVES; WAVES;

TURBULENCE;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; GRAVITY WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING;

AQUITAINE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; TRUC VERT;

EID: 79251524577     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4466.1     Document Type: Article

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