Vortex dynamics beneath a surfactant-contaminated ocean surface

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C12, 1998, Pages 27919-27930

  Tsai, Wu Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; SEA SURFACE; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACTANT; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 0032534139     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC02548     Document Type: Article

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