Mixing in a meandering jet: A Markovian approximation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2578-2594

  Cencini, Massimo ^a   Lacorata, Guglielmo ^b,c   Vulpiani, Angelo ^a   Zambianchi, Enrico ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

^e Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD; JET; MEANDERING FLOW; MIXING;

CURRENT MEANDERING; FLOW FIELD; JET; MIXING;

EID: 0033376222     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2578:MIAMJA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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