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A note on the slope of a density interface between two stably stratified fluids under wind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

Jin Wu
Jin Wu
Affiliation:
College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark
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Abstract

Experiments were conducted with two layers of stably stratified fluid in a wind-wave tank. The slope of the density interface was measured and was related to the wind stress, the density difference between the two fluids and the depth of the interface.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , 24 June 1977 , pp. 335 - 339
Copyright
© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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