Shear-induced mixing in geophysical flows: does the route to turbulence matter to its efficiency?

DOI10.1017/jfm.2013.176zbMath1287.76127OpenAlexW2117008023WikidataQ114655181 ScholiaQ114655181MaRDI QIDQ5417422

Unnamed Author, W. R. Peltier

Publication date: 21 May 2014

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.176

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent mixingstratified turbulenceshear layer turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

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