Chapter 5. SPATIALLY-COHERENT STRUCTURES
As follows from relationship (5.36) the transition from the wave-like to
the turbulent regime occurs (if it occurs at all) almost sharply at
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Figure 5-37. Histograms of (a) width, L, and (b) frontal Reynolds number, Re L , for the sharp
frontal interfaces detected in the bow density data for four TOGA COARE cruises of the R/V
Moana Wave. Reproduced from Soloviev et al. (2002) by permission from Elsevier.