Scaling turbulent dissipation in an Arctic fjord

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-95

  Fer, Ilker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Internal waves; Mixing; Storfjorden; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRAIN; TURBULENCE;

DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVES; STORFJORDEN;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FJORD; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; STORFJORDEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

PHILANDER;

EID: 33644781460     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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