Langmuir circulations beneath growing or decaying surface waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 469, Issue , 2002, Pages 317-342

  Phillips, W R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW; WIND; WIND STRESS;

LANGMUIR CIRCULATIONS;

SURFACE WAVES;

CIRCULATION; INSTABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE WAVE; VORTEX; WAVY FLOW;

EID: 0037174962     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112002001908     Document Type: Article

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