Vertical mixing of passive scalars owing to breaking gravity waves

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 371-378

  Schilling, V ^a   Etling, D ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; GRAVITY WAVES; MIXING; VERTICAL/PASSIVE SCALARS; WAVE BREAKING;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIONS COEFFICIENT; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MIXING MODELLING; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 0029657450     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00429-7     Document Type: Article

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