Shear dispersion from near-inertial internal Poincaré waves in large lakes: Shear dispersion in stratified large lakes
- Award ID(s):
- 1030842
- PAR ID:
- 10092056
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Limnology and Oceanography
- Volume:
- 60
- Issue:
- 6
- ISSN:
- 0024-3590
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 2222 to 2235
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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