An experimental investigation on elliptical instability of a strongly asymmetric vortex pair in a stable density stratification

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 641-649

  Cariteau, B ^a   Flor J B ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

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Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; STRATIFICATION; VORTEX;

EID: 33751336175     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-641-2006     Document Type: Article

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