Density stratification, turbulence, but how much mixing?

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2008, Pages 169-184

  Ivey, G N ^a   Winters, K B ^b   Koseff, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Internal waves; Lakes; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVES; OCEAN DYNAMICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SAMPLING; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 39049093345     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.39.050905.110314     Document Type: Article

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