An observation of gravitational collapse caused by turbulent mixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 826-831

  Yamazaki, Hidekatsu ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL IMBALANCE; INERTIAL WAVE; MIXED LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0029752554     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0826:AOOGCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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