Differential diffusion in breaking Kelvin-Helmholtz billows

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1004-1022

  Smyth, W D ^a   Nash, J D ^a   Moum, J N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SALTS; TURBULENCE;

BATCHELOR SCALING; DIFFUSIVITY RATIO; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIVITIES;

DIFFUSION;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY;

EID: 23044484924     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2739.1     Document Type: Article

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