Occurrence of Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in sea-breeze circulations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Plant, R S ^a   Keith, G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kelvin Helmholtz billows; Post frontal oscillations; Sea breeze; Surface observations

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ BILLOWS; POST-FRONTAL OSCILLATIONS; SEA BREEZE; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACES; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

DATABASE; DENSITY CURRENT; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; SEA BREEZE; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846163731     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9089-x     Document Type: Article

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