Kelvin-Helmholtz billow evolution from a localized source

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 603 PART B, 2004, Pages 2753-2766

  Smyth, W D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instability; Stratified shear flow; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; LINEAR PERTURBATION THEORY; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 10944240775     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.226     Document Type: Article

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