New similarity solutions of the thermocline equations with vertical variations of diffusion

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-209

  Hood, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION PROFILE; EQUATIONS; SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 0029775982     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213394     Document Type: Article

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