High-mode stationary waves in stratified flow over large obstacles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 644, Issue , 2010, Pages 321-336

  Klymak, Jody M ^a   Legg, Sonya M ^b   Pinkel, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASPECT RATIO; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; MEAN VELOCITIES; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; STATIONARY WAVES; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; STRATIFIED FLOWS; VELOCITY SCALE; VERTICAL COMPONENT OF GROUP VELOCITY;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLOW VELOCITY; FROUDE NUMBER; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; STANDING WAVE; STEADY FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 77952324996     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992503     Document Type: Article

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