The effect of wave-induced turbulence on the ocean mixed layer during tropical cyclones: Field observations on the Australian North-West Shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Toffoli, A ^a   McConochie, J ^b   Ghantous, M ^a   Loffredo, L ^c   Babanin, A V ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BACKGROUND CURRENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; SHEAR TURBULENCES; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WAVE ACTIVITY; WAVE ORBITAL MOTION; WAVEBREAKING;

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENCE; UPPER OCEAN; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE ACTION; WAVE BREAKING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84864577563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007780     Document Type: Article

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