Dynamics and energetics of heton interactions in linearly and exponentially stratified media

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-398

  Gryanik, V M ^a   Tevs, M V ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STRATIFICATION; VORTEX;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HETON INTERACTIONS; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0031434656     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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