Could waves mix the ocean?

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 638, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-4

  Falkovich, G ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Drift; KeywordsWaves; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MARINE APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

DRIFT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; FINITE AMPLITUDE WAVES; KEYWORDSWAVES; NONLINEARITY; PARTICLE DIFFUSIVITY; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; SHALLOW-WATER SYSTEMS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

AMPLITUDE; CORIOLIS FORCE; DIFFUSION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; OCEAN WAVE; ROTATING FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 76249131452     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991984     Document Type: Article

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