An analytical study of density currents in sheared, stratified fluids including the effects of latent heating

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3303-3312

  Liu, Changhai ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; DENSITY; FLUIDS; HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; DENSITY CURRENT; LATENT HEAT; STABLE STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0030390737     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3303:AASODC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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