Abstract: Turbulent velocity spectra measured beneath wind waves show a large enhancement about the central wave frequency. A ?5/3" frequency dependence can be seen both above and below the central peak, but with an apparent increase ...

Abstract: Recent experiments measuring turbulence dissipation rates in the upper ocean can be divided into two types: those supporting an analogy between the upper ocean and lower atmosphere, with dissipation rates following wall ...

Abstract: We present the results of an analysis of field data collected by Donelan who used a miniature drag sphere to measure velocities beneath wind waves on Lake Ontario. Linear statistical techniques are used to separate the ...

Abstract: During the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment (SWADE), the swath ship Frederick G. Creed was equipped with an array of wave staffs for the estimation of wave directional spectra. This paper reports on the first such estimates ...

Abstract: The dissipation of kinetic energy at the surface of natural water bodies has important consequences for many Physical and biochemical processes including wave dynamics, gas transfer, mixing of nutrients and pollutants, and ...

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Abstract: Results are presented from a pilot study using a fluorescent dye tracer imaged by airborne lidar in the ocean surface layer on spatial scales of meters to kilometers and temporal scales of minutes to hours. The lidar used ...