Abstract: Some recent measurements of the mixed layer in oceans and lakes have indicated that the rate of the dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy, ε, is much higher than expected from a purely shear-driven wall layer. This ...

Abstract: The aerodynamic roughness of the sea surface, z0, is investigated using data from Lake Ontario, from the North Sea near the Dutch coast, and from an exposed site in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia. Scaling ...

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Abstract: The design and implementation on a Small Waterline Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel of a complete system for measuring the directional distribution of wind waves and the concomitant fluctuations of air pressure and wind speed ...