Mixing in a stably stratified medium by horizontal shear near vertical walls

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 331-349

  Armenio, Vincenzo ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical flows; Stratified turbulence; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644248461     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-004-0121-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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