Penetrative convection in stratified fluids: Velocity and temperature measurements

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-363

  Moroni, M ^a   Cenedese, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONVECTION; FLUID; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERFACE; LABORATORY METHOD; STRATIFIED FLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33746924375     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-353-2006     Document Type: Article

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