Progress in characterizing the route to geostrophic turbulence and redesigning thermally driven rotating annulus experiments

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 253-267

  Pfeffer, Richard L ^a   Applequist, Scott ^a   Kung, Robin ^a   Long, Christopher ^a   Buzyna, George ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

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EID: 0031321823     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001620050043     Document Type: Article

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