Internal waves and turbulence in a stable stratified jet

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 648, Issue , 2010, Pages 297-324

  Pham, Hieu T ^a   Sarkar, Sutanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); TURBULENCE;

EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; HORSESHOE VORTICES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL WAVES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ; MEAN VELOCITIES; PROPAGATING WAVES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

SHEAR FLOW;

FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; INTERNAL WAVE; JET FLOW; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77952412408     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993120     Document Type: Article

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