Application of a range of turbulence energy models to the computation of the internal tide

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1055-1084

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a  

^a Bidston Observatory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroclinic; Eddy viscosity; Internal tides; Shelf edge; Stratification; Turbulence energy

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIDES; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

INTERNAL TIDES; TURBULENCE ENERGY MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032075188     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19980515)26:9<1055::AID-FLD676>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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