A novel technique for measuring the rate of turbulent dissipation in the marine environment

PJ Wiles, TP Rippeth, JH Simpson… - Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new technique for the estimation of profiles of the rate of dissipation of
turbulent kinetic energy (ɛ, TKE) in the marine environment using a standard acoustic …

Estimation of bottom friction coefficient in multi‐constituent tidal models using the adjoint method: Temporal variations and spatial distributions

D Wang, J Zhang, YP Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bottom friction coefficient (BFC) is critical for precisely determining hydrodynamic
conditions and sediment transport rates, which are important for scientific research and …

Internal tide-induced turbulent mixing and suspended sediment transport at the bottom boundary layer of the South China Sea slope

H Wang, Y Jia, C Ji, W Jiang, C Bian - Journal of Marine Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Internal tides produce significant vertical and horizontal flows in the ocean and cause strong
turbulent mixing that is essential for the energy cascade of multiscale dynamic processes …

Structure of turbulent flow in EMEC's tidal energy test site

E Osalusi, J Side, R Harris - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009 - Elsevier
Measurements of bulk turbulent parameters (Kinetic energy, dissipation rates, Reynolds
stress, etc.) were performed in the bottom boundary layer of the European Marine Energy …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring turbulent dissipation using a tethered ADCP

NS Lucas, JH Simpson, TP Rippeth… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The structure function method for estimating the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy,
previously validated for measurements from seabed fixed mounts, is applied to data from 1.2 …

Tides and mixing in the northwestern East China Sea, Part II: Near-bottom turbulence

I Lozovatsky, Z Liu, H Wei, HJS Fernando - Continental Shelf Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy ε and friction velocity u* was studied in
reversing and rotating tidal flows in the East China Sea near the northeastern coast of China …

A feature point scheme for improving estimation of the temporally varying bottom friction coefficient in tidal models using adjoint method

D Wang, J Zhang, L Mu - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Refined estimation of bottom friction coefficient (BFC) is significantly important for coastal
engineers to determine precisely the hydrodynamic conditions and sediment transport rates …

Shallow water tidal currents in close proximity to the seafloor and boundary-induced turbulence

I Lozovatsky, Z Liu, H Fernando, J Armengol, E Roget - Ocean dynamics, 2012 - Springer
Velocity measurements with vertical resolution 0.02 m were conducted in the lowest 0.5 m of
the water column using acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) at a test site in the western …

Analysis of mean velocity and turbulence measurements with ADCPs

F De Serio, M Mossa - Advances in water resources, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study examines the vertical structure of the coastal current in the inner part of
the Gulf of Taranto, located in the Ionian Sea (Southern Italy), including both the Mar Grande …

Reynolds stress and turbulence estimates in bottom boundary layer of Fall of Warness

E Osalusi, J Side, R Harris - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2009 - Elsevier
A broadband acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) moored on the seabed at 42 m depth
has been used to observe the mean and turbulent flow components in the tidally energetic …