The tidally induced bottom boundary layer in a rotating frame: similarity of turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112008003340zbMath1158.76020MaRDI QIDQ3600961

Kei Sakamoto, Kazunori Akitomo

Publication date: 9 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent statistics; Ekman layer; frictional velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76M55: Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76U05: General theory of rotating fluids

76F40: Turbulent boundary layers

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