Salt finger fluxes in a laminar shear flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 658, Issue , 2010, Pages 148-165

  Fernandes, Alexandre M ^a,b   Krishnamurti, R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

double diffusive; low Reynolds number flows; mixing enhancement

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BUOYANCY FLUXES; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE; LAMINAR SHEAR FLOW; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

SHEAR FLOW;

DOUBLE DIFFUSION; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS;

EID: 77957143550     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010001588     Document Type: Article

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