Abstract: The thicknesses of the viscous and thermal sublayers in the water beneath an air-water interface are obtained by an application of the theory of rough-wall flows to results obtained in a laboratory wind, water-wave research ...

Abstract: The evaluation of turbulence closure models for large-eddy simulation (LES) has primarily been performed over flat terrain, where comparisons with theory and observations are simplified. The authors have previously developed ...

Abstract: Multiresolution feature analysis (MFA), as originally proposed for estimating the fractal dimension of two-dimensional scalar fields, is described. MFA applies specified correlation filters to a data field (such as a ...

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Abstract: The incompressibility and hydrostatic approximations that are traditionally used in large-scale oceanography to make the hydrodynamic equations more amenable to numerical integration result in the primitive equations. These ...

Abstract: The nonhydrostatic model with a free surface is numerically implemented in boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinates to model the mesoscale circulation in an ocean basin with natural topography. A semi-implicit numerical ...

Abstract: Some aspects of the large eddy simulation method as applied to stratified flows are discussed and an algebraic model for subgrid-scale (SGS) turbulence is proposed. Differential equations for the SGS Reynolds stresses and ...

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the importance of high-quality subfilter-scale turbulence models in large-eddy simulations by evaluating the resolved-scale flow features that result from various closure models. The Advanced Regional ...

Abstract: The structure of the velocity field over a propagating wave of fixed frequency is examined. The vertical and horizontal velocities were measured in a transformed Eulerian wave-following frame of reference in a wind-wave ...

Abstract: Numerical simulations of inversion-layer breakup in idealized steep valleys are performed using the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) to investigate the effects of valley width and depth, and topographic shade. ...