Time-dependent mixing in stratified Kelvin-Helmholtz billows: Experimental observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Patterson, M D ^a,b   Caulfield, C P ^a,b   McElwaine, J N ^a,b   Dalziel, S B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; OCEAN STRUCTURES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIGRAPHY; TURBULENT FLOW;

IRREVERSIBLE MIXING; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ (KH) BILLOWS; TURBULENT TRANSITION;

WATER WAVES;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT ATTENUATION; OCEAN WAVE; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 33845607563     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026949     Document Type: Article

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