Particle dispersion and mixing induced by breaking internal gravity waves

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-134

  Bouruet Aubertot, Pascale ^a,d   Koudella, C ^a   Staquet, C ^b   Winters, K B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEGI   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; PARTICLE MOTION; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0035153309     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(00)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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