Experiments on buoyant plumes in a rotating channel

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-22

  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

Channel; Rotation; Stratification; Turbulent plume

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ROTATING FLOW;

BUOYANCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATING FLOW;

EID: 0033493327     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808213646     Document Type: Article

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