Stress-driven mixed layer in a stably stratified fluid

Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-113

  Lignieres F ^a   Califano, F ^b   Mangeney, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mixed layer; Shear flow; Stratified fluid

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143050378     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929808245469     Document Type: Article

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