Wave breaking and transition to turbulence in stratified shear flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1057-1085

  Fritts, David C ^a   Garten, James F ^a   Andreassen, Øyvind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIFIED FLOW; WAVE BREAKING;

GRAVITY WAVE; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0030497594     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1057:WBATTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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