The instability of the ocean to Langmuir circulations

DOI10.1017/S0022112081002589zbMath0475.76049OpenAlexW2159587099MaRDI QIDQ3930874

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Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112081002589

zbMATH Keywords

surface waveswind stressLangmuir circulationsEulerian-mean flowinfinitely deep density-stratified water

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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