Kinematic effects of differential transport on mixing efficiency in a diffusively stable, turbulent flow

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 299-304

  Jackson, P Ryan ^a   Rehmann, Chris R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; KINEMATICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DENSITY RATIO;

TURBULENT FLOW;

KINEMATICS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0141744972     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0299:KEODTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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