Transverse structure of turbulence in a rotating gravity current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Umlauf, Lars ^a   Arneborg, L ^b   Burchard, H ^a   Fiekas, V ^c   Lass, H U ^a   Mohrholz, V ^a   Prandke, H ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr fur Wasserschall und Geophysik FWG   (Germany)

^d ISW Wassermesstechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ENTRAINMENT VELOCITY; GRAVITY CURRENT; INTERFACIAL TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN STRATIFICATION;

GRAVITY WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34250713312     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029521     Document Type: Article

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