Theory of two-layer hydraulic exchange flows with rotation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 545, Issue , 2005, Pages 373-395

  Riemenschneider, Ulrike ^a,b   Smeed, David A ^a   Killworth, Peter D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

PSEUDO-FROUDE-NUMBERS; ROSSBY RADIUS; ROTATING EXCHANGE FLOWS; SEMI-GEOSTROPHIC; ZERO-POTENTIAL-VORTICITY THEORY;

ROTATIONAL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 30744444938     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006890     Document Type: Article

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