The velocity field under breaking waves: coherent structures and turbulence

DOI10.1017/S0022112001007078zbMath0987.76507OpenAlexW2063399701MaRDI QIDQ4330246

Fabrice Veron, Christopher J. White, W. K. Melville

Publication date: 2 July 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112001007078

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Turbulence (76F99)

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