Author(s): Iehisa Nezu; Tadanobu Nakayama
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Abstract: When the wind blows over the water, there occur drift currents and wind waves due to the wind shear across an air-water interface. At that time, mass transfer across a gas/liquid interface is of fundamental importance to environmental and geophysical sciences. Some studies about the wind-induced currents have been conducted in the field of coastal engineering and geophysical sciences. However, there are few studies about the wind-shear induced turbulence. The present study was undertaken with the goal of evaluating the relationship between the wind waves and the turbulent structures across the air-water interface in a laboratory wind tunnel.
Year: 1999