The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind

Shuang Li; Jinbao Song

doi:10.1007/s00343-012-1201-0

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The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind

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- The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind
- The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind
- 海洋湖沼学报（英文） 2012年30卷第4期页码：690-696
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  Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40876012, 41176016), the Open Research Foundation for the State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (No. SOED1210), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Creative Research Groups (No. 41121064)
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-012-1201-0
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- 网络首发：2012-07-02，
  
  纸质出版：2012
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The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2012,30(4):690-696.

Li, S., Song, J. The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 690–696 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1201-0
The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2012,30(4):690-696. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-012-1201-0.

Li, S., Song, J. The spacing of Langmuir circulation under modest wind., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 690–696 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1201-0 DOI：

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Abstract

Spacing characteristics of Langmuir circulation (LC) are computed by large eddy simulation (LES) model under modest wind. LC is an organized vertical motion

evidenced as buoyant materials forming lines nearly parallel to the wind direction. The horizontal distribution of velocity computed by LES shows clear lines formed by LC. These lines grow and parallel to each other for a while

which we call the stable state

before they finally form Y-junctions. We computed spacing between every two parallel lines by averaging them under the stable state. Statistically

spacing results of 154 tests (seven wind speed cases of 22 test runs each) show high correlations between spacing and wind speed

as well as mixed layer depth. The relationship of spacing and wind is important for future LC parameterization of upper-ocean mixing.

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