A diapycnal diffusivity model for stratified environmental flows

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 61-62, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-34

  Bouffard, Damien ^a   Boegman, Leon ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field parameterization; Mixing efficiency; Vertical diffusivity

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER QUALITY; DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSIVITY; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY;

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY; WATER QUALITY;

PARAMETERIZATION;

BUOYANCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW STABILITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84876030605     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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