Surface wave effects on submesoscale fronts and filaments

DOI10.1017/jfm.2018.158zbMath1430.86006OpenAlexW2789613044WikidataQ130079020 ScholiaQ130079020MaRDI QIDQ5208938

James C. McWilliams

Publication date: 22 January 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.158

zbMATH Keywords

turbulent mixingsurface gravity wavesocean processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25)

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