Observation-consistent input and whitecapping dissipation in a model for wind-generated surface waves: Description and simple calculations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1329-1346

  Erick Rogers, W ^a   Babanin, Alexander V ^b   Wang, David W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW SEPARATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATIONAL MODEL; PHYSICAL FEATURES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE REDUCTION; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; SOURCE TERMS; SPECTRAL MODELS; STRONG WINDS; WAVEBREAKING; WHITE-CAPPING DISSIPATION;

MODELS; SURFACE WAVES;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

DISSIPATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE WATER; WIND BREAK; WIND WAVE;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE GEORGE [NEW SOUTH WALES]; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84868291200     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00092.1     Document Type: Article

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