The generation and quantitative visualization of breaking internal waves

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 549-562

  Troy, C D ^a   Koseff, J R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; BATHYMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER BEAMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW STRATIFICATION; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (PLIF); WAVE BREAKING; WAVE GENERATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

WAVE;

EID: 18744365781     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-004-0909-9     Document Type: Article

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