Boundary mixing by density overturns in an internal tidal beam

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Gayen, B ^a   Sarkar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

BEAM WIDTHS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DISSIPATION RATES; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; INTERNAL WAVE BEAMS; MIXING PROCESS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; TIDAL FREQUENCIES; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE LEVEL; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; ZERO VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

DISSIPATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; INTERNAL TIDE; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 79960815657     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048135     Document Type: Article

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