The Relationship between flux coefficient and entrainment ratio in density currents

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2713-2727

  Wells, Mathew ^a   Cenedese, Claudia ^b   Caulfield, C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density currents; Entrainment; Fluxes; Jets; Plumes

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENTS; ENTRAINMENT; ENTRAINMENT RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLUX COEFFICIENTS; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN VELOCITIES; NONLOCAL; PLUMES; THEORETICAL RESULT; TIME-AVERAGED; TURBULENT VELOCITY;

FROUDE NUMBER;

DENSITY CURRENT; ENTRAINMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; JET FLOW; PLUME; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 78649495931     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4225.1     Document Type: Article

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