The velocity field under breaking waves: coherent structures and turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112001007078zbMath0987.76507MaRDI QIDQ4330246

Fabrice Veron, Christopher J. White, W. K. Melville

Publication date: 2 July 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112001007078

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction

76F99: Turbulence

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