Suppression of vertical diffusion in strongly stratified turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 402, Issue , 2000, Pages 311-327

  Kaneda, Yukio ^a   Ishida, Takaki ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033925494     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099007041     Document Type: Article

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