Similarity scaling of turbulence spectra and cospectra in a shallow tidal flow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Walter, Ryan K ^a   Nidzieko, Nicholas J ^b,c   Monismith, Stephen G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; MOMENTUM; TROPOSPHERE;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; COUNTERGRADIENT; DATA BURSTS; DECAYING TURBULENCE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INERTIAL SUBRANGE; INHOMOGENEOUS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; MOMENTUM FLUX; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PRODUCTION RATES; SIMILARITY THEORY; SPECTRAL RATIOS; STABLE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; TIDAL FLOW; TOTAL MOMENTUM; TURBULENCE POWER SPECTRA; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; TURBULENT ENERGIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; UNIVERSAL CURVE; VELOCITY SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ADVECTION; DISSIPATION; ENERGETICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 80055021230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007144     Document Type: Article

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