A three-dimensional simulation of the kelvin-helmholtz instability

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 157-164

  Keller, Kristi A ^a   Lysak, Robert L ^a   Song, Yan ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 80051733123     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0157     Document Type: Chapter

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