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Mixing by nonvertical, uniform shear in a stably stratified environment

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Sarkar, S., Jacobitz, F.G. (1999). Mixing by nonvertical, uniform shear in a stably stratified environment. In: Biringen, S., Örs, H., Tezel, A., Ferziger, J.H. (eds) Industrial and Environmental Applications of Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 529. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0106104

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