Impact of Langmuir Turbulence on Upper Ocean Response to Hurricane Edouard: Model and Observations
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jc012956
Abstract: Tropical cyclone intensity is strongly affected by the air-sea heat flux beneath the storm. When strong storm winds enhance upper ocean turbulent mixing and entrainment of colder water from below the thermocline, the resulting sea… read more here.
Keywords: storm; sea; turbulence; model ... See more keywords
Study of wave effect on vorticity in Langmuir turbulence using wave-phase-resolved large-eddy simulation
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2019.481
Abstract: The effects of a water surface wave on the vorticity in the turbulence underneath are studied for Langmuir turbulence using wave-phase-resolved large-eddy simulation. The simulations are performed on a dynamically evolving wave-surface-fitted grid such that… read more here.
Keywords: phase; vorticity; wave phase; effect ... See more keywords
Effects of Langmuir Turbulence on Upper Ocean Carbonate Chemistry
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DOI: 10.1029/2018ms001486
Abstract: Effects of wave-driven Langmuir turbulence on the air-sea flux of carbon dioxide (CO$_2$) are examined using large eddy simulations featuring actively reacting carbonate chemistry in the ocean mixed layer at small scales. Four strengths of… read more here.
Keywords: carbonate chemistry; langmuir turbulence; chemistry; time dependent ... See more keywords
Langmuir Turbulence Controls on Observed Diurnal Warm Layer Depths
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DOI: 10.1029/2023gl103231
Abstract: The turbulent ocean surface boundary layer (OSBL) shoals during daytime solar surface heating, developing a diurnal warm layer (DWL). The DWL significantly influences OSBL dynamics by trapping momentum and heat in a shallow near‐surface layer.… read more here.
Keywords: diurnal warm; langmuir turbulence; layer; turbulence ... See more keywords
Assessing the Effects of Langmuir Turbulence on the Entrainment Buoyancy Flux in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer
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DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0085.1
Abstract: AbstractLarge-eddy simulations (LESs) with various constant wind, wave, and surface destabilizing surface buoyancy flux forcing are conducted, with a focus on assessing the impact of Langmuir turbulence on the entrainment buoyancy flux at the base… read more here.
Keywords: surface; turbulence; buoyancy flux; entrainment buoyancy ... See more keywords
Interaction of Langmuir Turbulence and Inertial Currents in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer under Tropical Cyclones
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DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0258.1
Abstract: AbstractBased on a large-eddy simulation approach, this study investigates the response of the ocean surface boundary layer (OSBL) and Langmuir turbulence (LT) to extreme wind and complex wave forc... read more here.
Keywords: ocean surface; surface boundary; langmuir turbulence; boundary layer ... See more keywords
Observed Features of Langmuir Turbulence Forced by Misaligned Wind and Waves under Destabilizing Buoyancy Flux
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DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0038.1
Abstract: Several features of Langmuir turbulence remain unquantified despite its potentially large impacts on ocean surface mixing. For example, its vertical velocity variance, expected to be proportional to based on numerical simulations, was proportional to in… read more here.
Keywords: velocity; turbulence; buoyancy flux; features langmuir ... See more keywords
A Parameterization with a Constrained Potential Energy Conversion Rate of Vertical Mixing Due to Langmuir Turbulence
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DOI: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0258.1
Abstract: In this study we develop a new parameterization for turbulent mixing in the ocean surface boundary layer (OSBL), including the effect of Langmuir turbulence. This new parameterization builds on a recent study (Reichl and Hallberg… read more here.
Keywords: turbulence; mixing due; langmuir turbulence; due langmuir ... See more keywords