Abstract: A model is developed to explain the observation made in several laboratory experiments that short wind-generated waves are suppressed by a train of long, mechanically generated waves. A sheltering mechanism is responsible ...

Abstract: The mean wind profile and the Charnock coefficient, or drag coefficient, over mature seas are investigated. A model of the wave boundary layer, which consists of the lowest part of the atmospheric boundary layer that is ...

Abstract: This study uses large-eddy simulation (LES) to investigate the characteristics of Langmuir turbulence through the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) budget. Based on an analysis of the TKE budget a velocity scale for Langmuir ...

Abstract: Under high-wind conditions, breaking surface waves likely play an important role in the air?sea momentum flux. A coupled wind?wave model is developed based on the assumption that in the equilibrium range of surface wave ...

Abstract: his study describes the turbulent processes in the upper ocean boundary layer forced by a constant surface stress in the absence of the Coriolis force using large-eddy simulation. The boundary layer that develops has a ...

Abstract: The interaction between ocean surface waves and the overlying wind leads to a transfer of momentum across the air?sea interface. Atmospheric and oceanic models typically allow for momentum transfer to be directed only ...

Abstract: The interaction between the Coriolis force and the Stokes drift associated with ocean surface waves leads to a vertical transport of momentum, which can be expressed as a force on the mean momentum equation in the direction ...

Abstract: Generally, ocean waves are thought to act as a drag on the surface wind so that momentum is transferred downward, from the atmosphere into the waves. Recent observations have suggested that when long wavelength waves?which ...

Abstract: his study uses large-eddy simulation to investigate the structure of the ocean surface boundary layer (OSBL) in the presence of Langmuir turbulence and stabilizing surface heat fluxes. The OSBL consists of a weakly stratified ...