Wind-based models for estimating the dissipation rates of turbulent energy in aquatic environments: empirical comparisons

Abstract

Quantifies the effectiveness with which boundary (wall) layer theory represents turbulent dissipation rates (ε, W m-3) measured within natural surface mixing layers. This model explained 58% of the variance in 818 literature-derived estimates of turbulent dissipation rates measured at 11 different geographic sites. -from Authors