Evolution and distribution of TKE production and dissipation within stratified flow over topography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Inall, Mark ^a   Rippeth, Tom ^b   Griffiths, Colin ^a   Wiles, Phil ^b  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC ENERGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

HYDRAULIC TRANSITIONS; SKIN FRICTION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TKE PRODUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

FLOW OVER SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 22944488284     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022289     Document Type: Article

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