Anisotropy of turbulence in stably stratified mixing layers

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1343-1362

  Smyth, William D ^a   Moum, James N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034039398     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.870386     Document Type: Article

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