The long-term circulation driven by density currents in a two-layer stratified basin

DOI10.1017/S0022112006003478MaRDI QIDQ3426170zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mathew G. Wells, J. S. Wettlaufer

Publication date 8 March 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112006003478

zbMATH Keywords

interfacial Froude numberRichardson number,

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Stratification effects in inviscid fluids (76B70)

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