Spatial variations of a passive tracer in a random wave field

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 453, Issue , 2002, Pages 263-287

  Weichman, Peter B ^a   Glazman, Roman E ^b  

^a Blackhawk Golden   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

WAVE FIELDS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

FLOW FIELD; RANDOM WAVE; SEA; TRACER; WATER WAVE;

EID: 0037170482     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112001006942     Document Type: Article

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