On the critical Richardson number in stably stratified turbulence
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Boris Galperin,1* Semion Sukoriansky2 and Philip S. Anderson3 1College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA 2Department of Mechanical Engineering/Perlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel 3Antarctic Climate and the Earth System Programme, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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تاریخ انتشار 2007