A test of the influence of tidal stream polarity on the structure of turbulent dissipation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 320-332

  Simpson, John H ^a   Tinker, Jonathan P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Turbulent dissipation; Vertical mixing; Water column stability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 57749097805     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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