The form and orientation of Langmuir cells for misaligned winds and waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Van Roekel, L P ^a   Fox Kemper, B ^a,b   Sullivan, P P ^c   Hamlington, P E ^d   Haney, S R ^a,b  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CELLS; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ANTI-SYMMETRIC; AXIAL DIRECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; CELL FLOW; CELL ORIENTATION; CELL PAIRS; CORIOLIS EFFECT; FRICTION VELOCITY; LANGMUIR NUMBER; LANGMUIR TURBULENCE; LANGMUIRS; LAW OF THE WALL; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VERTICAL VORTICITY; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND WAVE;

CYTOLOGY;

ASYMMETRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVERGENCE; CORIOLIS FORCE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; STOKES FORMULA; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84861322344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007516     Document Type: Article

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