On the turbulence generated by the potential surface waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Benilov, A Y ^a  

^a Applied Marine Physics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEAWATER; SURFACE WAVES; TENSORS; VELOCITY;

CORRELATION TENSORS; COUPLED SET; DISSIPATION RATES; FIRST ORDER; FREE SURFACES; INHOMOGENEITIES; INITIAL FLOW; KOLMOGOROV; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR VISCOSITY; OCEAN SURFACE WAVES; PERIODIC COEFFICIENTS; POTENTIAL MOTION; POTENTIAL SURFACES; REYNOLDS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; UPPER OCEAN; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; VORTEX FIELD; VORTEX INSTABILITY; VORTEX MOTION; VORTEX PERTURBATION; WAVE NUMBERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

DISSIPATION; ENERGY; LINEARITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEAWATER; SURFACE WAVE; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; VORTEX;

EID: 84865483730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC007948     Document Type: Article

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