The interactions of a turbulent wind with a water surface represents a very fundamental problem for many atmospheric processes. The momentum and heat exchanges across the interface with oceans abruptly affects the atmosphere and the understanding of the driving mechanisms would certainly improve weather predictions capabilities. We performed a Direct Numerical Simulation of the wind-wave interaction problem using realistic values of the fluid properties of air and water [3]. The simulation reveals that at low Reynolds numbers, an interesting wind-wave pattern propagating at an angle in the upstream direction is generated. This pattern is recognized to be at the basis of the generation of a spanwise oscillating Stokes sublayer that is responsible for a drag reduction mechanism in the turbulent wind. Despite the simulated flow conditions are far from the intense events occurring at the ocean-atmosphere interface, this basic flow phenomenon may actually explain the large scatter of the drag coefficient data in field measurements where swell waves of arbitrary directions are often present.

On the Wave-Induced Stokes Sublayer and Drag Reduction in the Turbulent Wind / Cimarelli, A.; Romoli, F.; Stalio, E.. - 404:(2024), pp. 257-262. (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th Conference on Interdisciplinary Turbulence Initiative, iTi 2023 tenutosi a ita nel 2023) [10.1007/978-3-031-55924-2_34].

On the Wave-Induced Stokes Sublayer and Drag Reduction in the Turbulent Wind

Cimarelli A.
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Romoli F.;Stalio E.
2024

Abstract

The interactions of a turbulent wind with a water surface represents a very fundamental problem for many atmospheric processes. The momentum and heat exchanges across the interface with oceans abruptly affects the atmosphere and the understanding of the driving mechanisms would certainly improve weather predictions capabilities. We performed a Direct Numerical Simulation of the wind-wave interaction problem using realistic values of the fluid properties of air and water [3]. The simulation reveals that at low Reynolds numbers, an interesting wind-wave pattern propagating at an angle in the upstream direction is generated. This pattern is recognized to be at the basis of the generation of a spanwise oscillating Stokes sublayer that is responsible for a drag reduction mechanism in the turbulent wind. Despite the simulated flow conditions are far from the intense events occurring at the ocean-atmosphere interface, this basic flow phenomenon may actually explain the large scatter of the drag coefficient data in field measurements where swell waves of arbitrary directions are often present.
2024
10th Conference on Interdisciplinary Turbulence Initiative, iTi 2023
ita
2023
404
257
262
Cimarelli, A.; Romoli, F.; Stalio, E.
On the Wave-Induced Stokes Sublayer and Drag Reduction in the Turbulent Wind / Cimarelli, A.; Romoli, F.; Stalio, E.. - 404:(2024), pp. 257-262. (Intervento presentato al convegno 10th Conference on Interdisciplinary Turbulence Initiative, iTi 2023 tenutosi a ita nel 2023) [10.1007/978-3-031-55924-2_34].
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