The importance of aspiration and channel curvature in producing strong vertical mixing over a sill

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C2, 1997, Pages 3451-3472

  Seim, Harvey E ^a   Gregg, Michael C ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNELS-CURVED; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TIDAL FLOWS; TURBULENCE;

ASPIRATION; CHANNEL CURVATURE; CHANNEL FLOW; SILLS; VERTICAL MIXING;

USA, WASHINGTON, PUGET SOUND;

EID: 0030768573     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JCO3415     Document Type: Article

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