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Measurements of storm-generated bottom stresses on the continental shelf.

January 1, 1982

Large values of bottom friction velocity, u., and roughness length, zo, determined from burst-averaged speed data taken on the continental shelf in outer Norton Sound, Alaska, with the GEOPROBE tripod during a storm are correlated with extremely large values of near-bottom concentration of total suspended particulate matter (TSM). The values obtained from the 'law of the wall' velocity-depth relationship are diminished substantially throughout the storm period when the turbulence-reducing effects of the vertical cncentration gradient of TSM are considered. The values are compared to those obtained from other workers. -from Authors

Publication Year 1982
Title Measurements of storm-generated bottom stresses on the continental shelf.
Authors D. A. Cacchione, D. E. Drake
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Geophysical Research
Index ID 70011782
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse