On the density structure of far-wake vortices in a stratified fluid

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 117-137

  Bonnier, Marion ^a,b   Eiff, Olivier ^b   Bonneton, Philippe ^c  

^a IMFT   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Density measurements; Far wake; Stratified fluid; Three dimensional characteristics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; STRATIFIED FLUID; VORTEX;

DENSITY; STRATIFIED FLUID; VORTEX;

EID: 0034006496     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(99)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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