Field observations of wave-induced streaming through a submerged seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1955-1968

  Luhar, Mitul ^a   Infantes, Eduardo ^b   Orfila, Alejandro ^b   Terrados, Jorge ^b   Nepf, Heidi M ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

canopy flow; oscillatory flow reduction; seagrass; streaming; vegetated flow; wave induced current

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; ACOUSTIC WAVE EFFECTS; MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CANOPY FLOW; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; SEAGRASSES; VEGETATED FLOW; WAVE-INDUCED CURRENTS;

SEAWEED;

FIELD METHOD; MEADOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SEAGRASS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84878103265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20162     Document Type: Article

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