On the basic structure of oceanic gravity currents

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-563

  Wirth, Achim ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Gravity current; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

BASIC STRUCTURE; BOTTOM FRICTION; BOUSSINESQ; BOUSSINESQ SIMULATIONS; DOWNSLOPE; DRAG LAW; EKMAN LAYERS; FRICTION LAWS; FRICTION LAYERS; GEOSTROPHIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY CURRENT; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HEAT EQUATION; INCLINED PLANES; MINIMAL MODEL; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PARAMETERISATION; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS; RAYLEIGH; REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; ROTATING FRAME; STREAMTUBES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MACHINERY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIMULATORS; TRIBOLOGY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; EKMAN LAYER; FRICTION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

EID: 68749110557     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0202-9     Document Type: Article

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