Effects of wind input and wave dissipation formulations on the steady Ekman current solution

Junli Xu; Jinbao Song

doi:10.1007/s00343-014-3168-5

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Effects of wind input and wave dissipation formulations on the steady Ekman current solution

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- Effects of wind input and wave dissipation formulations on the steady Ekman current solution
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 32, Issue 3, Pages: 709-719(2014)
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  1. Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-014-3168-5
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- Online First：04 May 2014，
  
  Published：2014
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Xu, J., Song, J. Effects of wind input and wave dissipation formulations on the steady Ekman current solution., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 709–719 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3168-5
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Xu, J., Song, J. Effects of wind input and wave dissipation formulations on the steady Ekman current solution., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 709–719 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3168-5 DOI：

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The effects of different wind input and wave dissipation formulations on the steady Ekman current solution are described. Two formulations are considered: one from the wave modeling (WAM) program proposed by Hasselmann and Komen and the other provided by Tsagareli and Babanin. The solution adopted for our study was presented by Song for the wave-modifi ed Ekman current model that included the Stokes drift

wind input

and wave dissipation with eddy viscosity increasing linearly with depth. Using the Combi spectrum with tail effects

the solutions are calculated using two formulations for wind input and wave dissipation

and compared. Differences in the results are not negligible. Furthermore

the solution presented by Song and Xu for the eddy viscosity formulated using the K-Profi le Parameterization scheme under wind input and wave dissipation given by Tsagareli and Babanin is compared with that obtained for a depth-dependent eddy viscosity. The solutions are further compared with the available well-known observational data. The result indicates that the Tsagareli and Babanin scheme is more suitable for use in the model when capillary waves are included

and the solution calculated using the K-Profi le Parameterization scheme agrees best with observations.

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