Rotating gravity currents: Small-scale and large-scale laboratory experiments and a geostrophic model

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 578, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-65

  Thomas, P J ^a   Linden, P F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; GRAVITY WAVES; VELOCITY;

GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; VOLUMETRIC DISCHARGE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; VELOCITY;

COASTAL CURRENT; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; ROTATING FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GRENOBLE; ISERE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548175468     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007004739     Document Type: Article

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