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Introductory theory of fluid dynamics applied to homogeneous density fluids reviewed in GFD-I have been extended to stratified ones in the present volume.
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Özsoy, E. (2021). Boundary Layers in Stratified Fluids. In: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74934-7_5
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