On the breakdown into turbulence of propagating internal waves

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 345-355

  Lombard, Peter N ^a   Riley, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN PROCESS; INCIPIENT OVERTURNING; INTERNAL WAVE; INTERNAL WAVES; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BREAKDOWN; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE TRAIN;

BREAKDOWN; INSTABILITY; INTERNAL WAVES; TURBULENCE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0029657515     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0265(95)00431-9     Document Type: Article

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