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Mathisen, P.P. and Madsen, O.S. (1996). Waves and currents over a fixed rippled bed: 2. Bottom and apparent roughness experienced by currents in the presence of waves. Journal of Geophysical Research 101: doi: 10.1029/96JC00955. issn: 0148-0227. |
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This paper is the second of two papers which present the results of an experimental study to verify the use of a single bottom roughness length scale to characterize wave and current boundary layer flows over a rough bed. While the first paper <Mathisen and Madsen, this issue> included analysis of wave attenuation measurements to estimate the bottom roughness experienced by waves in the presence and absence of a current, this paper includes the analysis of time-averaged velocity profiles to estimate the bottom and apparent roughness experienced by a current in the presence of waves. In this paper, velocity profiles predicted by the Grant and Madsen <1986> model are compared with measured velocity profiles. Apparent hydraulic roughness predictions of the Grant and Madsen <1986> model are shown to underpredict the apparent hydraulic roughnesses experienced by the current. This difference is shown to be a result of an underprediction of the wave boundary layer thickness and of a steady streaming or mass transport which is induced by the wave motion within the wave boundary layer of the combined wave-current flow. By modifying the wave boundary layer thickness and estimating the wave-induced mass transport from pure wave experiments, the bottom roughness for pure current, pure wave, and combined wave-current boundary layer flows is shown to be characterized by a single roughness scale. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996 |
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Keywords
Oceanography, General, Benthic boundary layers, Oceanography, General, Continental shelf processes, Oceanography, Physical, Sediment transport, Oceanography, Physical, Nearshore processes |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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