The Role of Whitecapping in Thickening the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer

The effects of wind-driven whitecapping on the evolution of the ocean surface boundary layer are examined using an idealized one-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes numerical model. Whitecapping is parameterized as a flux of turbulent kinetic energy through the sea surface and through an adj...

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Main Authors: Gerbi, Gregory P., Kastner, Samuel E., Brett, Genevieve Elizabeth
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101394
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6170-8633

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