Flow-field and point velocity measurements in a barotropically unstable shear layer

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 461-466

  Fruh W G ^a,b   Read, P L ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; SHEAR FLOW;

BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0032835675     PISSN: 14641909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1909(99)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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