Internal waves, turbulence and mixing in stratified flows: A report on Euromech colloquium 339

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 314, Issue , 1996, Pages 349-371

  Staquet, C ^a   Sommeria, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAVES; WAVES-INTERNAL;

ASTROPHYSICS; ENGINEERING; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVES; MIXING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SHEAR FLOW; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

STRATIFIED FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0030131211     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000353     Document Type: Article

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