Glider measurements of overturning in a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow train

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-140

  Smyth, W D ^a,b   Thorpe, S A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; OVERTURN; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84863453831     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224012800502381     Document Type: Article

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