The effect of wind direction and mixing upon the spreading of a buoyant plume in a non-tidal regime

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1437-1483

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyant plume; Mixing; Topography; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLOW MODELING; MIXING; PLUME; WIND DIRECTION;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BUOYANCY; FLOW MODELING; PLUME; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0344849427     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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