Turbulent energy dissipation rates and wave decay of periodic non-breaking gravity waves

In this experiment, we have examined how the nonbreaking wave (NBSW) eddy viscosity ν_T varies with the background turbulence. The experiment was carried out at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) SUSTAIN facility equipped with Air-Sea Interaction Saltwater Tank (ASIST), 15x1x1 m, filled to a 0.5 m depth with fresh water. The current speed was monitored with a current meter (Infinity-EM, Model AEM-USB, JFE Advantech, with a 10 Hz sampling rate). We have carried out additional surface turbulent kinetic energy dissipation (TKED) measurements using an IR camera. This dataset contains the along- and cross-stream direction wave slopes for five runs with different mean current speeds. Also included are the IR images used to calculate TKED under different forcing conditions. The data are organized by type, accompanied by a detailed description of deployment and processing.