A quasi-normal scale elimination model of turbulence and its application to stably stratified flows

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-22

  Sukoriansky, S ^a   Galperin, B ^b   Perov, V ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 34848834221     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-13-9-2006     Document Type: Article

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