Entropic forces in geophysical fluid dynamics

Entropy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-383

  Holloway, Greg ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mixing; Ocean circulation; Subgrid modeling; Turbulence; Waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349578374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e11030360     Document Type: Review

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