Two-dimensional density currents in a confined basin

DOI10.1080/03091920500094456zbMath1206.86021OpenAlexW2023202033WikidataQ60565079 ScholiaQ60565079MaRDI QIDQ3081181

Mathew G. Wells, J. S. Wettlaufer

Publication date: 5 March 2011

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091920500094456

zbMATH Keywords

stratificationentrainmentdensity currentsupwelling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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• Shear layers driven by turbulent plumes
• Turbulent gravitational convection from maintained and instantaneous sources
• Turbulent entrainment in stratified flows
• Plumes with time-varying buoyancy in a confined region
• Turbulent buoyant convection from a source in a confined region
• Vortex generation by line plumes in a rotating stratified fluid
• Competition between distributed and localized buoyancy fluxes in a confined volume

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