A note on spatial modes in longshore current shear instabilities

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C10, 1996, Pages 22715-22726

  Dodd, N ^a   Falques A ^b  

^a Hydraulics Research Wallingford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILES; COASTS; CURRENTS;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LONGSHORE CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW; SPATIAL MODES;

EID: 0030426098     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01986     Document Type: Article

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