Symmetric and nonsymmetric Holmboe instabilities in an inviscid flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1459-1468

  Haigh, S P ^a,b   Lawrence, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

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EID: 0000018348     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870009     Document Type: Article

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