Internal gravity waves generated by a turbulent bottom Ekman layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 590, Issue , 2007, Pages 331-354

  Taylor, John R ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

EKMAN LAYER; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; PYCNOCLINE WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; ENERGY FLUX; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36048940462     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007008087     Document Type: Article

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