Bubble-induced turbulence suppression in Langmuir circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gemmrich, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR BUBBLES; BUBBLE RADIUS; BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; CONSTANT-STRESS LAYER; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DISSIPATION RATES; ENERGY-CONTAINING EDDIES; INSTRUMENTATION PACKAGES; LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; OPEN OCEAN; OZMIDOV SCALE; SHORT PERIODS; THEORETICAL VALUES; TIME-SCALES; TURBULENCE SUPPRESSION; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

FLUIDITY;

AIR BUBBLE; BUOYANCY; DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; OPEN OCEAN; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; CORRELATION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 84861357048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051691     Document Type: Article

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