Mixing driven by vertically variable forcing: an application to the case of Langmuir circulation

DOI10.1017/S0022112096002716zbMath0888.76027OpenAlexW2148096066WikidataQ58390442 ScholiaQ58390442MaRDI QIDQ4350977

Anand Gnanadesikan

Publication date: 13 May 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096002716

zbMATH Keywords

Rayleigh numberwave-current interaction40 mode Galerkin expansiondepth-averaged forcingfinite amplitude cellsLangmuir cellsoceanic mixed layers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20)

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