The similarity solution for turbulent mixing of two-layer stratified fluid
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Fluid Mechanics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1567-7419,1573-1510
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-008-9076-5