Effects of background rotation on a towed-sphere wake in a stably stratified fluid

Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 875-883

  Spedding, G R ^a,c   Fincham, A M ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Inst de Mechanique de Grenoble   (France)

^c IMG   (France)

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EID: 2242488193     PISSN: 20374909     EISSN: 18269885     Source Type: Journal    
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