Entrainment and transport in idealized three-dimensional gravity current simulation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1249-1269

  Tseng, Yu Heng ^a,b   Dietrich, David E ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AcuSea Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSER RESOLUTION; DENSITY CURRENT; DOWNSTREAM TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; STEADY FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTRAINMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33749675645     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1915.1     Document Type: Article

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