Turbulent mixing by breaking gravity waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 375, Issue , 1998, Pages 113-141

  Dörnbrack, Andreas ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BREAKING GRAVITY WAVES; TURBULENT MIXING;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032202482     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098002833     Document Type: Article

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