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A differential model of the upper turbulent layer in the ocean is considered. A closed system of equations includes equations of motion, balance, and dissipation of kinetic turbulence energy. Boundary conditions at the surface are determined using a solution of the atmospheric problem taking into account the interaction between the two media. The formulated algorithm allows for a relationship between turbulent energy dissipation and flux and the parameters of wind disturbance. The vertical profiles of turbulence and drift current characteristics are presented as well as parameters of the ocean-atmosphere interaction for various values of impulse jump within the limits of the wave layer with waves collapsing and not collapsing.
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Tarnopol'sky, A.G., Shvets, S.V. & Shnaidman, V.A. Modelling of the upper turbulent layer in the ocean. Soviet Journal of Physical Oceanography 1, 17–24 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198283
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