Stratified turbulence dominated by vortical motion

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 517, Issue , 2004, Pages 281-308

  Waite, Michael L ^a   Bartello, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VORTEX FLOW; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CORIOLIS EFFECTS; FROUDE NUMBERS; GEOPHYSICAL VORTICES; VORTICAL FORCING;

TURBULENCE;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 8144228975     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004000977     Document Type: Article

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