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Vertical Buoyant Jets and Plumes

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Environmental Hydraulics: Stratified Flows

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies ((COASTAL,volume 18))

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A vertical buoyant jet is the flow created by a source of fluxes of mass, momentum, and buoyancy flowing into an ambient fluid. The jet is primarily driven by the momentum flux, while the plume is driven by buoyancy only.

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Pedersen, F.B. (1986). Vertical Buoyant Jets and Plumes. In: Environmental Hydraulics: Stratified Flows. Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86600-5_12

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