Analysis of heat budget, dissipation and frontogenesis in a shallow density current

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-306

  Blumen, W ^a   Grossman, R L ^a   Piper, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Density current; Dissipation; Frontogenesis; Gravity current

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENT; DISSIPATION; FRONTOGENESIS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032736283     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001813700928     Document Type: Article

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