Stratified turbulence generated by internal gravity waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 546, Issue , 2006, Pages 313-339

  Waite, Michael L ^a   Bartello, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITY WAVES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; STRATIFIED BOUSSINESQ FLUID; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 31144432563     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007111     Document Type: Article

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