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 statisticsEkman layerfrictional velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Turbulent boundary layers (76F40)

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