A generalized Osborn-Cox relation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 632, Issue , 2009, Pages 457-474

  Eden, Carsten ^a   Olbers, Dirk ^b   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER CRAFT;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BUOYANCY MOMENT; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; HIGHER ORDER MOMENTS; LATERAL INHOMOGENEITY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; TURBULENT MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EDDY; FLOW STABILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 69649091941     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007484     Document Type: Article

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