A numerical study of vorticity layers in a two-dimensional stratified shear flow

DOI10.1007/BF00987581zbMath0830.76075MaRDI QIDQ1892023

Chantal Staquet

Publication date: 28 January 1996

Published in: Meccanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

strain fieldstagnation point regionbaroclinic layerslarge-scale Kelvin-Helmholtz vortexsecondary Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

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