A model for layer formation in stably stratified turbulence

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 702-712

  Wunsch, S ^a   Kerstein, A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GEOPHYSICS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

STABLY STRATIFIED FLUIDS;

FLUIDS;

FLOW MODELING; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035275371     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1344182     Document Type: Article

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