Langmuir turbulence in the ocean

DOI10.1017/S0022112096004375zbMath0887.76029MaRDI QIDQ4358938

James C. McWilliams, Chin-Hoh Moeng, Peter P. Sullivan

Publication date: 7 October 1997

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

Coriolis force large-eddy simulations Stokes drift vortex force high-frequency surface gravity waves Lagrangian-Stokes drift Langmuir number phase-averaged equations surface planetary boundary layer tracer advection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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