Energy dissipation through wind-generated breaking waves

Shuwen Zhang; Ruixue Cao; Lingling Xie

doi:10.1007/s00343-012-1224-6

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Energy dissipation through wind-generated breaking waves

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- Energy dissipation through wind-generated breaking waves
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 30, Issue 5, Pages: 822-825(2012)
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  College of Ocean and Meteorology Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Climate Resources and Environment in Continental Shelf and Deep Sea Guangdong Ocean University
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-012-1224-6
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- Online First：05 September 2012，
  
  Published：2012
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Zhang, S., Cao, R. & Xie, L. Energy dissipation through wind-generated breaking waves., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 822–825 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1224-6
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Zhang, S., Cao, R. & Xie, L. Energy dissipation through wind-generated breaking waves., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 822–825 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1224-6 DOI：

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Abstract

Wave breaking is an important process that controls turbulence properties and fluxes of heat and mass in the upper oceanic layer. A model is described for energy dissipation per unit area at the ocean surface attributed to wind-generated breaking waves

in terms of ratio of energy dissipation to energy input

wind-generated wave spectrum

and wave growth rate. Also advanced is a vertical distribution model of turbulent kinetic energy

based on an exponential distribution method. The result shows that energy dissipation rate depends heavily on wind speed and sea state. Our results agree well with predictions of previous works.

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