Lagrangian estimates of diapycnal mixing in a simulated K-H instability

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 799-809

  D'Asaro, Eric A ^a   Winters, Kraig B ^b   Lien, Ren Chieh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

DIAPYCNAL MIXING; KOLMOGOROV CONSTANTS; LAGRANGIAN MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL LEVELS; VERTICAL ADVECTIVE FLUX;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 1342302653     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0799:LEODMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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