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Buoyancy-driven plumes in rotating, stratified cross flows: Plume dependence on rotation, turbulent mixing, and cross-flow strength

J. W. Lavelle

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(C2), 3405-3420 (1997)
Not subject to U.S. copyright. Published in 1997 by the American Geophysical Union.

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