Vortex structure of a breaking wave in stratified flow over an obstacle

Fluid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 46, Issue , 1998, Pages 471-474

  Eiff, O ^a   Bonneton, P ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Froude Number; Internal Wave; Longitudinal Vortex; Vortex Structure; Wave Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078465526     PISSN: 09265112     EISSN: 22150056     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5118-4_118     Document Type: Article

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