Comment on Enhanced TKE Dissipation under Breaking Waves
| dc.creator | Burgers, Gerrit | |
| dc.date | 1996-10-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:16:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:16:05Z | |
| dc.description | It is noted that the results of recent experiments on the enhancement of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation below surface waves can be stated as follows. TKE dissipation is enhanced by a factor $15 H_{ws}/z$ at depths $0.5 H_{ws} < z < 20 H_{ws}$ with respect to the wall-layer result $ε= u_{*w}^3/κz$, where $u_{*w}$ is the friction velocity in water and $H_{ws}$ is the significant wind-sea wave height. For open ocean conditions, this reduces in most cases to an enhancement factor $10^6 u_{*w}^2/gz \approx U_{10}^2/gz$. | |
| dc.description | 2 pages, LaTeX, 1 ps figure | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9610002 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9610002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/153238 | |
| dc.subject | Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics | |
| dc.title | Comment on Enhanced TKE Dissipation under Breaking Waves | |
| dc.type | text |