Influence of Stokes Drift Decay Scale on Langmuir Turbulence
Influence of Stokes Drift Decay Scale on Langmuir Turbulence
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斯托克斯漂移衰变尺度对朗缪尔湍流的影响
DOI:
10.1175/jpo-d-16-0244.1
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Harcourt, Ramsey R.
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作者:
Kukulka, Tobias;Harcourt, Ramsey R.
Accurately scaling Langmuir turbulence (LT) in the ocean surface boundary layer (OSBL) is critical for improving ocean, weather, and climate models. The physical processes by which the structure of LT depends on surface waves’ Stokes drift decay length scale are examined. An idealized model for OSBL turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) provides a conceptual framework with three physical processes: TKE transport, dissipation, and production by the Craik–Leibovich (CL) vortex force (VF) associated with the Stokes drift shear. TKE profiles depend on OSBL depthh, surface roughness lengthz0, and wavenumberkthrough the nondimensional parameterskhandkz0. These parameters determine the rate and length scale for the dissipation of TKE produced by the CL-VF. Forkz0≫ 1, TKE input by the CL-VF is governed by a surface flux with TKE rapidly decaying with depth. Only forkz0< 1 can TKE penetrate deeper into the OSBL, with the TKE penetration depth controlled bykh. Turbulence-resolving large-eddy simulation results support this conceptual framework and indicate that the dominant Langmuir cell size scales with (kh)−1. Within the depth of dominant Langmuir cells, TKE dissipation is approximately balanced by CL-VF production. Shorter waves contribute less to deeper vertical velocity variance <w2> because the CL-VF is less effective in generating larger-scale LT. Depth-averaged <w2> scales with a modified Langmuir number Laϕ= (u*/usϕ)1/2, whereu*denotes the water-side surface friction velocity andusϕis a depth-integrated weighted Stokes drift shear or, equivalently, a spectrally filtered surface Stokes drift.
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影响因子:
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作者:
Jerome A. Smith
通讯作者:
Jerome A. Smith
DOI:
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发表时间:
2010
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影响因子:
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作者:
R. Harcourt;E. D’Asaro
通讯作者:
E. D’Asaro
影响因子:
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作者:
E. Skyllingstad;D. Denbo
通讯作者:
E. Skyllingstad;D. Denbo
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
Grant, Alan L. M.;Belcher, Stephen E.
通讯作者:
Belcher, Stephen E.
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
A. Gargett;C. Grosch
通讯作者:
C. Grosch