Kelvin - Helmholtz instability as a boundary-value problem

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 507-525

  Cushman Roisin, Benoit ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Lakes; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ESTUARIES; LAKES; RIVERS; SHEAR FLOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER WAVES;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LAKE DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXING; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 31344448290     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-005-2234-0     Document Type: Article

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