On the mathematical stability of stratified flow models with local turbulence closure schemes

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Deleersnijder, Eric ^a   Hanert, Emmanuel ^b   Burchard, Hans ^c   Dijkstra, Henk A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marine modelling; Stability; Turbulence closure; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; MOTION ESTIMATION;

INSTABILITY CRITERIONS; LOCAL TURBULENCES; MARINE MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; SHORT DISTANCES; SMOOTH SOLUTIONS; SPURIOUS OSCILLATIONS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBULENCE CLOSURE; TURBULENT FLUXES; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL MIXING;

TURBULENCE;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIXING;

PHILANDER;

EID: 55849137640     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0145-6     Document Type: Article

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