Influence of langmuir circulation on the deepening of the wind-mixed layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-484

  Noh, Yign ^a   Goh, Gahyun ^a   Raasch, Siegfried ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Mixed layer; Oceanic mixed layer

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT RATES; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; LARGE EDDY; LENGTH SCALE; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEEPENING; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MIXING LENGTH; OCEANIC MIXED LAYER; PARAMETERIZED; VELOCITY SCALE; VELOCITY SHEAR; VERTICAL MIXING;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

SHEAR FLOW;

BUOYANCY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 79954987534     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4494.1     Document Type: Article

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