Vortex generation by line plumes in a rotating stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 388, Issue , 1999, Pages 289-313

  Bush, John W M ^a,c   Woods, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMAL PLUMES; VORTEX FLOW;

GEOSTROPHICALLY BALANCED VORTICES;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0032680795     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099004759     Document Type: Article

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