Geophysical flows with anisotropic turbulence and dispersive waves: Flows with stable stratification

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1319-1337

  Galperin, Boris ^b   Sukoriansky, Semion ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anisotropic turbulence; Dispersive waves; Okubo diagrams; Stable stratification; Turbulence spectra

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; DISPERSIVE WAVES; OKUBO DIAGRAMS; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE SPECTRA;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; VISCOSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ANISOTROPY; EDDY; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; VISCOSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77958105402     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0325-z     Document Type: Article

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