Mixing in symmetric Holmboe waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1566-1583

  Smyth, William D ^a   Carpenter, J R ^b   Lawrence, G A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT RATE; HOLMBOE WAVES; STRATIFICATION LEVEL;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

WATER WAVES;

ENTRAINMENT; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34447554432     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3037.1     Document Type: Article

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