Coherent structure and heat transfer in geostrophic flow under density stratification

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 368-377

  Iida, O ^a   Nagano, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001398738     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869886     Document Type: Article

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