Rapid vertical sampling in stably stratified turbulent shear flows

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 23-45

  Keller, K H ^a   Van Atta, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum Thorpe displacements; Rapid vertical sampling; Single point Eulerian measurements; Stratified turbulent shear flows

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; SAMPLING; SENSOR; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 0034087710     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(99)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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