Observation and analysis of shear instability in the Fraser River estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Tedford, E W ^a   Carpenter, J R ^a   Pawlowicz, R ^a   Pieters, R ^a   Lawrence, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; CRITICAL VALUE; DENSITY INTERFACE; DENSITY PROFILE; ECHO SOUNDERS; FRASER RIVER; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR INSTABILITY; UNSTABLE MODES;

ESTUARIES;

ECHO SOUNDER; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OVERTURN; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA;

EID: 76749114493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005313     Document Type: Article

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