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A laboratory study of the turbulent ekman layer

D. R. Caldwell Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University Corvallis , Oregon, 97331, U.S.A.
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C. W. Van Atta Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Science, University of California , San Diego, California, U.S.A.
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K. N. Helland Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Science, University of California , San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Pages 125-160 | Received 05 Apr 1971, Published online: 12 Sep 2006

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