The front speed of intrusions into a continuously stratified medium

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 594, Issue , 2008, Pages 369-377

  Bolster, Diogo ^a   Hang, Alice ^a   Linden, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUSINESQ GRAVITY CURRENTS; INTRUSIVE GRAVITY CURRENT; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION; STRATIFIED FLUID;

EID: 37449031584     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007008993     Document Type: Article

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