Dissipation of Turbulent Energy in the Wind-Generated Wave Layer of the Ocean

Authors

Alexander Soloviev, USSR Academy of Sciences - MoscowFollow

ORCID

0000-0001-6519-1547

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

ISSN

0001-4338

Publication Date

1986

Abstract

The vertical distribution of the turbulent energy dissipation rate in the wind-generated wave layer of the ocean is investigated. The experiments were carried out on the 36th cruise of the R/V Akademik Kurchatov near the surface of the Atlantic Ocean using an ascending turbulimeter probe. The free ascent speed of the probe was 2.2 m/sec. Spectral analysis of the velocity fluctuation recordings showed the presence of a region corresponding to the spectrum for local-isotropic turbulence. The vertical distribution of the turbulent energy dissipation rate calculated from experimental data exhibited a sharp increase in the upper two-meter layer of the ocean. It is shown that it is possible to describe the vertical distribution of the turbulent energy dissipation rate in the wind-generated wave layer of the ocean using the model of A. Yu. Benilov.

Volume

22

Issue

4

First Page

286

Last Page

292

NSUWorks Citation

Alexander Soloviev. 1986. Dissipation of Turbulent Energy in the Wind-Generated Wave Layer of the Ocean .Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics , (4) : 286 -292. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/683.