Onset of turbulence induced by a Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Matsumoto, Yosuke ^a   Hoshino, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CENTRIFUGATION; FLUIDS; MIXING; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ (K-H) INSTABILITY; NON-LINEAR INSTABILITIES; ASTROPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ VORTICES; MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURE; NON-UNIFORM DENSITY; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY; ONSET OF TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE; STABILITY;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX;

EID: 2442451205     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018195     Document Type: Article

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