Turbulent Mixing in the Ocean by Non-Breaking Wind Waves

摘要：

　　Few operational forecasting models account for the effect of non-breaking wind- generated surface waves on the turbulent mixing of the upper ocean.Numerous studies have shown that the effect not only exists,but that its absence from the models can in many situations lead to an under-mixed upper ocean and sea surface temperatures which are too high.By assuming that wave-induced turbulence is the primary mechanism responsible for swell dissipation,we have applied a parameterisation based on swell dissipation measurements to a one-dimensional mixing model which suggests that this source of turbulence could be responsible for a significant portion of near-surface mixing in the ocean.

关键词： wave-induced turbulence mixed layer sea-surface temperature

作者: Malek Ghantous Alexander V.Babanin Dmitry Chalikov

作者单位: Centre for Ocean Engineering, Science and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, 3122

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 17th Pacific -Asian Marginal Seas Meeting(第十七届太平洋与亚洲边缘海国际会议)

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

页码: 88-92

在线出版日期: 2013-04-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）