Measurement and simulation of viscous dissipation in the wave affected surface layer

The agreement of observed and simulated turbulence quantities is very promising. Especially well simulated is the enhanced turbulence level in the wave-affected-surface-layer (WASL) of a few dm thickness. The logarithmic slope of the turbulent dissipation rate in this WASL was found to vary between -2.1 and -1.7. Below the WASL the classic law-of-the-wall was well reproduced by the data and the model.